Excerpt from Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society for the Year 1900, Vol. 35: Containing the Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Session, Held at Des Moines, December 11, 12, 13, 14, 1900; Also Transactions of the Southeastern, Northeastern, Northwestern and Southwestern Horticultural SocietiesThe society keep its rooms open during the usual office hours at the capitol, and visitors are always welcome.The society was organized for the purpose of disseminating correct infor mation concerning the cultivation of such fruits, flowers and trees as are adapted to the soil and climate of the state. To more fully carry on this line of work, the secretary desires to keep in touch with the horticulturists of the state by correspondence, or otherwise, and asks for reports on the nature and extent of fungus diseases or insect pests which have proven destructive in the past or are noticed for the first time in any locality, and that specimens be sent to him for identification and study and as material for the museum the society is now collecting. Reports on the condition of the fruit industry solicited from fruit growers in every township in the state.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.