Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, Volume 15V. 40, pt. 1; v. 41, pt. 1; v. 42, pt. 2, and v. 43, pt. 2, are Constitution, by-laws, business transactions, etc., for distribution to members. Brief historical sketches of the society are given in the volume for 1864/68, p. [3]-8, and in v. 56, 1926, p. 21-22. List of members in [v. 1]-39, 1870/71-1909; v. 40, pt. 1; v. 41, pt. 1; v. 42, pt. 2; v. 43, pt. 2, 1910-13. |
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Page 118 - Faded was she and old, when in disappointment it ended. Each succeeding year stole something away from her beauty, Leaving behind it, broader and deeper, the gloom and the shadow. Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead, Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her earthly horizon, As in the eastern sky the first faint streaks of the morning.
Page 116 - Thou fool ! that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 226 - This was observed in apparently fairly ripened twigs of pear — Bartlett and an unknown variety, — of some apple trees, of several raspberries, including Turner and Mammoth Cluster, of some shoots of Concord grape (not of those best ripened), of hybrid perpetual roses, etc. On the other hand, the wood and the bark of all these, except water shoots, were still flexible and without ice, while the twigs of most trees, as a whole, were unaffected by ice. At —28° in a considerable number of instances,...
Page 68 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 104 - The cross is made in the bloom, the pollen of the ironclad being infused into the bloom of the long-keeper, and the seeds from the long-keeper thus impregnated are planted, and the young trees that prove hardy and of fair appearance are selected for fruiting. We have, by careful and repeated plantings, demonstrated to a fact, that the seedling will ripen its fruit at or near the time the parent apple did from which the seeds were taken, • no matter what crossed with, nor how closely it partakes...
Page xxii - The asspssor shall, upon the application of the owner thereof, in each year, at the time of assessing the personal property in his district, make a personal examination of all tree belts for which bounty or exemption from taxation is claimed, and ascertain whether they have been planted as required in the preceding section, and are thriftily growing, and...
Page xx - ... and shall be distributed as follows: Thirty copies to each member of the legislature; one hundred copies to the State Historical Society; twenty-five copies to each county agricultural society and district industrial association which embraces two or more counties, and furnishes the State Agricultural Society a report of its proceedings...
Page 65 - ... their, pockets. To those who have labored so earnestly for our cause, and have failed in gaining the success they anticipated,— be not discouraged, you will yet succed. The wheels of progress never turn back, though they may for a time be impeded. And — "No life can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife. And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.
Page xxi - ... basswood, beech, birch, butternut, cedar, black cherry, chestnut, coffee tree, cucumber tree, elm, hackberry, hemlock, hickory, larch, locust, maple, oak, pine, spruce, tulip tree and walnut, tree belts in the manner and form prescribed in the next section shall be entitled to have the land on which such tree belts grow exempted from...
Page 228 - Florists know very well that to cause a plant to grow out of its season, nothing so prepares is as a preceding rest, brought about by withholding water. Without such rest the same stimulating influences will not operate. In its normal season maturation may result instead of new growth, under the attempts to secure the latter. There can be no doubt but that apple trees are more or less checked, in many situations, by the want of water during the dry times of July and August, and more in some soil*...