266 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAE SOCIETY 
Missouri State Horticultural Society, G. L. Tippin, T. C. Wilsom. 
Missouri Valley Horticultural Society, Mrs. L. A. Goodman. 
Montana State Board of Horticulture, M. L. Dean. 
National Nut Growers' Association, C. A. Reed, H. E. Van Deman. 
Northern Nut Growers' Association, W. O. Deming, J. G. Rush, J. F: 
Jones, A. C. Pomeroy, W. N. Roper, W. N. Hutt. 
New Jersey State Horticultural Society, Horace Roberts. 
Oregon State Horticultural Society, G. I. Lewis. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, W. J. Green, W. R. Lazenby. 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Wesley Webb, J. L. Soper. 
Virginia Horticultural Society, Samuel S. Guerrant, J. B. Emerson, 
Walter Whately, W. T. Hood. 
Western Association of Nurserymen, E. W. Kirkpatrick, W. P. Stark, 
West Virginia State Horticultural Society, W. W. Thatcher, S. W. 
Moore, W. H. Alderman, L. F. Sutton, S. H. Fulton, G. P. Miller, H. W. 
Miller. 
Wooster County Horticultural Society (Mass.), David L. Fiske. 
Greetings. 
Lewiston, Maine, Nov. 19, 1913. 
American Pomological Society, 
Washington, D. 0.: 
Maine pomologists in annual session send hearty greetings. Increased 
interest, improved exhibits, larger attendance and livelier discussions mark 
our sessions; may the same be your experience. 
H. L. Keiyser, President. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
E. R. Lake. 
It is with a feeling of no little diffidence that I appear before you in an 
official capacity, and with the presumption of directing your attention to 
the consideration of matters of special concern to this society. Were* it 
not for the supporting influence of an indefinable character that permeates 
all Washingtonians in due time, and which emanates, I venture to assert, 
from that dominating, thofugh complex, ego on the hill, I certainly should 
refrain from appearing in this role; for, when I hesitate a moment to weigh 
the full significance of the position and its responsibilities as determined by 
the actions and precedents of Vick, Manning, Beal, Garfield, Craig and others, 
I am not unconscious of assuming a position of serious responsibility; a 
position that has been fortified for years with high ideals, lofty purposes and 
the self-sacrificing labors of these men and their colleagues, therefore, 
I shall only ask your indulgence for a few moments. 
It is not ours to hope to add anything to the character and accom- 
plishments of the office honored by these splendid men. If, in our brief 
service, by way of serving out the unfinished term of our late secretary, 
