6

Constitution and By-Laws 11

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention 13

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 13

Chestnut Work at Bell Experiment Plot,
Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Glendale, Maryland 16

Report of Prof. Close and Discussion 22

Constitution and By-Laws Amended 26

Report of Committee on Importation, Mr. Littlepage 27

Excursion to Dr. Van Fleet's and Mr. Littlepage's Places 29

Nut Culture in the United States, C. A. Reed, Washington, D. C. 33

Address of Dr. David Fairchild 42

President's Address 56

The Place of Nut Trees in Our Northern Nut Culture,
Dr. William A. Taylor, Washington, D. C. 66

Address by Charles Lathrop Pack,
President American Forestry Association 70

A Nursery of Improved Filberts,
Conrad Vollertsen, Rochester, N. Y. 73

Nuts Needed as Supplementary Foods,
Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan 83

Propagated Hickories, Willard G. Bixby, Baldwin, N. Y. 93

Selecting and Handling Scions, J. F. Jones, Lancaster, Pa. 99

Address of F. E. Brooks on Some Insects that Injure Nuts 101

Top Working Hickories, Dr. Robert T. Morris, New York 105

Selection and Propagation for Improvement of Pecans,
Theodore Bechtel, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 112

Georgia's Pecan Industry, A. S. Perry, Cuthbert, Ga. 118

Appendix 131

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

_President_ WILLIAM S. LINTON Saginaw, Michigan

_Vice-President_ JAMES S. MCGLENNON Rochester, New York

_Secretary_ WILLIAM C. DEMING Wilton, Connecticut

_Treasurer_ WILLARD G. BIXBY Baldwin, Nassau Co., New York

COMMITTEES

_Auditing_--C. P. CLOSE, C. A. REED

_Executive_--J. RUSSELL SMITH, W. C. REED AND THE OFFICERS

_Finance_--T. P. LITTLEPAGE, WILLARD G. BIXBY, W. C. DEMING

_Hybrids_--R. T. MORRIS, C. P. CLOSE, W. G. BIXBY, J. G. RUSH

_Membership_--JAMES S. MCGLENNON, H. R. WEBER, R. T. OLCOTT,