TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR 1887-8. ORGANIZED IN 1847 AS OHIO POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1888. HOSMER G. TRYON, Willoughby............. AD INTERIM COMMITTEE, WITH ABOVE OFFICERS. ......... President. Vice-President. .............. Secretary. Treasurer. W. J. GREEN ..................... ..................... ................................... Columbus, Franklin Co. J. R. HURST... ..................................................................................................................................................................... ....................... Chillicothe, Ross Co. A. F. NEWELL ....................... .......................................... Warren, Trumbull Co. E. H. CUSHMAN M. CRAWFORD.... W. W. FARNSWORTH............ N. OHMER........... F. R. PALMER....................... . B. F. ALBAUGH ........... ...... ...Euclid, Cuyahoga Co. .Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co. .................. ................ Waterville, Lucas Co. Dayton, Montgomery Co. Mansfield, Richland Co. ...........Covington, Miami Co. This report is published as an Appendix to the Report of the Ohio State Board o Agriculture (24,000 copies), and a separate edition for the members of the Society To secure the benefits of this wide distribution of the report, and save expense to the Society, the printing has been delayed to a later date than would otherwise be done-the time of the Agricultural Report.-SECretary. (For list of members, see last two pages.) CONSTITUTION OF THE OHIO STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 1st. This Society shall be known as the Ohio State Horticultural Society. 2d. Its object shall be to collect and disseminate information relative to fruits and other horticultural products, and to promote the taste for horticulture and rural embellishments among the people. 3d. Its officers shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. They shall be elected annually, by ballot, and hold their office until their successors are elected. 4th. The President shall presi le and conduct all meetings of the Society, and in his absence the Vice-President shall perform the same duties. 5th. The Secretary shall record all doings of the Society, perform all correspondence, and, with the assistance of the President, collate and prepare the annual report and other matters for the public press. 6th. The Treasurer shall collect and hold all funds of the Society, and pay out the same only on an order of the Secretary, countersigned by the President. 7th. The membership fee shall be one dollar per year, and any person may become a member of the Society by forwarding the fee to the Secretary or Treasurer. Each member shall be entitled to a copy of the annual report, when printed, and any other documents that may be printed for the use of the Society. 8th. There shall be an Ad Interim Committee, consisting of the officers of the Society and ten other members, residents of different sections of the State, to be elected annually, whose duty it shall be to observe and take notes of new and rare fruits, the fruit crops, and other matters of interest to the Society, during the season, in their several sections of the State, and report the same at the annual meeting of the Society. This committee shall also hold meetings at such times and places as the President and Secretary may direct, for the inspection of fruit and fruit crops, attending horticultural exhibitions, etc.; a report of the observations of the committee to be published annually with the transactions of the Society. 9th. The annual meeting of the Society shall open on the second Wednesday in December of each year, at such place as may be designated by a vote of the Society, notice of the time and place, together with the order of exercises to be sent in due time to each member, by the Secretary. At this meeting, the President will be expected to deliver an address, and the reports of the Ad Interim Committee, Secretary and Treasurer will be read, and the usual business transacted, besides discussion on fruits and other topics. 10th. This constitution may be amended, and by-laws may be adopted for the government of the Society, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting. RESOLUTION. The following resolution was adopted by the Society, at its annual meeting, December, 1882: Resolved, That the dues from each member of the Ohio State Horticultural Society shall be one dollar per year, payable annually in advance. Should any member be |