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members and
others a week ago.
The secretary has also made investigation by correspondence on the
hickory bark beetle and the identity of Juglans mandshurica.

The response from all communications to the various officials of the
Department of Agriculture at Washington has been prompt, cordial,
interesting and helpful. This should certainly be very encouraging, if
encouragement is needed, coming from men likely to be far-seeing as
to the needs for, and the possibilities of, nut culture. Prof. Frederick V.
Coville is conducting experiments in rooting hickory cuttings sent by
the secretary. Prof. Walter Swingle offers his cooperation in
experiments in propagation.
The general correspondence received by the secretary shows an interest
and an enthusiasm that reveals the growing appreciation of the
importance of the purposes for which this association stands.
(The following figures are brought up to date of going to press.)
Eighteen of our 60 members are from New York, 8 from Connecticut, 6
from Pennsylvania, 4 from New Jersey and Illinois, 3 from the District
of Columbia, 2 each from Indiana, Virginia and Minnesota, and one
each from Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Colorado,
Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Panama and Canada. Thus seventeen
states, the District of Columbia, Panama and Canada are represented in
our membership.
Eight of our members are women, one of them a life member, nine are
professional nurserymen, eight are physicians, six are connected with
educational institutions, three are lawyers, five agriculturists, two at
least are capitalists, and all expect to be, two are in literature and there
are one each of the following: clergyman, painter, insurance, secretary,
railroads, senator.
The national association has 273 members of whom 52 are from the
northern states. We ought to have all of these.
The secretary is keeping a record of the scattered articles,
communications to agricultural journals and other literature relating to
nut growing. He would consider it a favor if the members would send
him information of anything of this kind that may come to their
knowledge.

Mr. Littlepage: I move that the report of the Secretary-Treasurer be
approved.
Professor Craig: I second that motion. I would like to add just a word,
to the effect that it seems to me that the Secretary has started out in a
very promising manner. He has not merely performed the routine duties
of the secretary, but he has studied the case, and has presented in an
analytical and striking form a good many facts not apparent on the
surface, had he only given us the stereotyped matter in the conventional
way; and it seems to me that this augurs well for the future of the
Secretary's office. I trust he can keep up the gait. (Carried.)
Professor Craig: May I say that it seems to me there are one or two
matters arising out of the Secretary's report which are worthy of special
action? One is the question of the invasion of the Scolytus beetle; the
other is the nomenclature of Juglans mandshurica. It occurs to me that
it might be well to appoint committees on these subjects to report
during the sessions of the society. I might say on the Scolytus matter,
that I have conferred with Professor Comstock, who has been kind
enough to say he would place the matter in the hands of one of his
assistants, who will present to the society the latest we have on that
subject; and in the event of a committee being appointed, I would
suggest that that person, Professor Herrick, be made the chairman of
that committee.
President Morris: I will appoint Professor Herrick and Professor Craig
on the scolytus committee, and on the nomenclature committee I will
appoint Doctor Deming and Mr. Barron.
In this connection, I will have to say, however, that I neglected to bring
my correspondence relating to the nomenclature of Juglans
mandshurica. I can say a word that the committee may wish to use. For
a long while, I have been trying to trace the origin of the name Juglans
mandshurica. It is applied to two different nuts. The one described in
the United States government bulletin is the nut originally described by
Maxim as Juglans mandshurica more than thirty years ago. That
nomenclature has priority for two reasons: first, because of the date,
and in the second place, because of the recognized standing of Maxim

as a botanist. The Yokohama Nursery Company has been sending out a
very different nut which they call Juglans mandshurica, evidently of
the race of Juglans regia. The Juglans mandshurica of the government
bulletin is like the butternut, the Juglans mandshurica of the nursery
companies is evidently a race of Juglans regia. I have conferred with
Doctor Britton, Sargent, and other authorities, and we have never been
able to trace the name given to this walnut of the Juglans regia