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HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE IN MICHIGAN BY J. C. HOLIES, OF DETROIT
At the annual meeting in March, 1848, the following officers were elected:
President—J. C. Holmes.
, First Vice President—M. Howard Webster.
Second Vice President—Wm. R. Noyes.
Corresponding Secretary—Thos. W. Lockwood.
Recording Secretary—Francis Raymond.
Treasurer—Wm. B. Wesson.
At the annual meeting held in March, 1849, the officers elected were:
President—Rev. George Duffield.
First Vice President—Bela Hubbard.
Second Vice President—B. M. Davis.
Corresponding Secretary—E. R. Kearsley.
Recording Secretary—Warren Tsham.
Treasurer—Wm. R. Noyes.
At the annual meeting held in March, 1850, the following officers were elected:
President—Rev. George Duffield.
First Vice President—E. R. Kearsley.
Second Vice President—B. M. Davis.
Treasurer—Francis Raymond.
Coresponding Secretary—H. Howard Webster.
Recording Secretary—B. G. Stimson.
The officers elected for 1851 were:
President—B. G. Stimson.
First Vice President—John Ford.
Second Vice President—T. H. Hinehman.
Treasurer—Francis Raymond.
Recording Secretary—Bela Hubbard.
Corresponding Secretary—Wm. Adair.
Librarian—Bela Hubbard.
The officers elected for 1852 were:
President—A. C. Hubbard.
First Vice President—Thos. W. Lockwood.
Second Vice President—Francis Raymond.
Treasurer—Stephen Smith.
Recording Secretary—Chas. Betts.
Corresponding Secretary—Bela Hubbard.
The interest in the society was well kept up until 1852. In that year there was a great falling off. There were four exhibitions in 1852, but they were very small compared with former years.
At the annual meeting held in March, 1853. there were but few present, and the society then died out.
As the society now here in session is a Pomological Society I have spoken only of the fruits exhibited by the Detroit Horticultural Society, thinking you would be more interested in the history of the fruit department than in the departments of flowers and vegetables, and it would make my paper too lengthy to speak of all the departments of hoi*ticulture in detail; but our tables were always graced with au abundance of beautiful flowers and excellent vegetables. Indigenous flowers from our own fields and forests always held a conspicuous place in the shows.
HORTICULTURE
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