Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, Volume 12V. 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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... second year , and they will need watering two or three years before they are ... good common sense in the setting and in subsequent care . Mr. Stickney ... great benefit to the trees , for a loose and porous soil retains a greater amount ...
... second year , and they will need watering two or three years before they are ... good common sense in the setting and in subsequent care . Mr. Stickney ... great benefit to the trees , for a loose and porous soil retains a greater amount ...
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... best estate , and re- quiring all our energies and resources to occupy and make fruitful in the near future . As our ... second , more general co- operation of the local societies and those personally interested in the work of our ...
... best estate , and re- quiring all our energies and resources to occupy and make fruitful in the near future . As our ... second , more general co- operation of the local societies and those personally interested in the work of our ...
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... good deal , but not as much as other varieties , and seemed to fully recover from the injury , and bore a large amount of fruit . The first picking was a fair one , and moderately hard ; the second was much softer , and the third ...
... good deal , but not as much as other varieties , and seemed to fully recover from the injury , and bore a large amount of fruit . The first picking was a fair one , and moderately hard ; the second was much softer , and the third ...
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... second rate quality on the other . We have become to some extent indifferent to quality , if we can only raise the ... best adapted to our own circumstances . A portion we would bury in the ground till spring , when a good resolute boy ...
... second rate quality on the other . We have become to some extent indifferent to quality , if we can only raise the ... best adapted to our own circumstances . A portion we would bury in the ground till spring , when a good resolute boy ...
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... best . Its standard of admission is not so high as is maintained in Germany , and the term of study is two years ... great and rapid profit ; second , as obstacles to the culture of the ground . Yet greater knowledge is beginning to ...
... best . Its standard of admission is not so high as is maintained in Germany , and the term of study is two years ... great and rapid profit ; second , as obstacles to the culture of the ground . Yet greater knowledge is beginning to ...
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Page 117 - God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Page 12 - ... to aid in the formation and maintenance of county and local horticultural societies; to promote the horticultural interests of the state by the holding of meetings for discussion; by the collection and dissemination of valuable information in regard to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and trees adapted to our soil and climate, and in every proper way to advance the fruit and tree growing interests of the state.
Page 109 - Springing in valleys green and low. And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? — : To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er his faith is dim, For who so careth for the flowers . Will much more care for him ! THE CARRION CROW.
Page 109 - Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night, — Springing in valleys green and low. And on the mountain high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them not, Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man, to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For Whoso...
Page 16 - The assessor 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 101 - BC] the oracle secret from their brother Sextus, lest he should be king rather than they. But Lucius understood the mind of the oracle better; so as they all went down from the temple, he stumbled as if by chance, and fell with his face to the earth, and kissed the earth ; for he said, " The earth is the true mother of us all.
Page 16 - ... exemption from taxation is claimed, and ascertain whether they have been planted as required in the preceding section, and are thriftily growing, and if he shall be satisfied thereof, he shall not assess the same for taxation unless the trees therein shall have attained the height of twelve feet, and in that case he shall deliver to the owner a certificate that he is entitled to an annual bounty of two dollars for each acre of such tree...
Page 335 - He who would have beautiful Roses in his garden, must have beautiful Roses in his heart.
Page 15 - Every owner or possessor of five acres of land, or more, who shall successfully grow by planting with forest trees, consisting of the following kinds, or such species thereof as will grow to...
Page 16 - ... amount of such bounty and giving a description of the entire land of which the tree belts form a part, and the amount of such bounty shall be credited by the treasurer in payment of any taxes assessed on such land, as so much cash ; but if not so satisfied, the assessor shall assess the land...