OF THE

KANSAS

State Horticultural Society

(ORGANIZED IN 1869)

CONTAINING THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH AND FORTY-NINTH
ANNUAL MEETINGS, TOPEKA, DECEMBER, 1914, AND
DECEMBER, 1915; ALSO STATE HORTICULTURAL
STATISTICS FOR 1914 AND 1915.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

ROOMS OF THE KANSAS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
STATE CAPITOL, TOPEKA, April 18, 1916.

To the Honorable Arthur Capper, Governor of Kansas:

We herewith submit the thirty-third volume of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, containing the transactions of the forty-eighth and forty-ninth annual meetings, and also the horticultural statistics for the years 1914 and 1915.

An inspection of this volume will demonstrate that horticulture is being placed on a more practical basis and is one of the important industries of our state.

Your consideration and approval of this volume will be appreciated. Respectfully submitted.

Bailey, Prof. L. H., Ithaca, N. Y.
Bohrer, Dr. G., Chase, Kansas.
Burrill, Prof. T. J., Urbana, Ill.
Campbell, W. G., jr., St. Joseph, Mo.
Forbes, Prof. S. A., Champaign, Ill.
Goodman, L. A., Kansas City, Mo.
Greene, Wesley, Des Moines, Iowa.
Hale, J. H., South Gastonbury, Conn.

Faculty of Kansas State Agricultural
The President.

Chair of Chemistry and Mineralogy.
Chair of Botany and Horticulture.

Harrison, C. S., York, Neb.
Irvine, J. M.. Chicago, Ill.

Jordan, Menzo, Champaign, Ill.

Kelsey, Prof. S. T. (the last of the original

members), Inglewood, Cal.

Lantz, Prof. D. E., Washington, D. C.
Waugh, Prof. F. A., Amherst, Mass.

College, Manhattan, as follows:

Chair of Zoology and Entomology.

Chair of Household Economy and Hygiene.
Chair of Industrial Art and Design.

Also Chair of Entomology of the University of Kansas.

LIFE MEMBERS RESIDING IN KANSAS.

Ahearn, M. F., Manhattan. Riley.
Alexander, J. J., Norton, Norton.
Alter, John, Belle Plaine, Sumner.
Baker, Alvin F., Baldwin, Douglas.
Balco, E. H., Lawrence, Douglas.
Barrett, S. T., Centralia, Nemaha.
Bauer, M., jr., Wathena, Doniphan.
Beebe, Mrs. E., Columbus, Cherokee.
Bingham, A. C., Sabetha, Nemaha.
Blackmore, C. A., Sharon, Barber.
Blair, Geo. A., Mulvane, Sumner.
Boschen, Mrs. Alice, Troy, Doniphan.
Boschen, W. E., Troy, Doniphan.

Bourne, D. M., Delphos, Ottawa.
Brazelton, John, Wathena, Doniphan.
Brazelton, Meck, Troy, Doniphan.
Brooke, A. L., Grantville, Jefferson.
Browne, Geo. E., El Dorado, Butler.
Buckman, A. H., Topeka, Shawnee.
Bullard, Mrs. C. W., Tonganoxie, Leaven-
worth.

Bullard, H. S., Tonganoxie, Leavenworth.
Carman, C. W., Lawrence, Douglas.
Cecil, J. F., North Topeka, Shawnee.
Chandler, M. E., Argentine, Wyandotte.
Cline, Frank, Blair, Doniphan.

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