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Officers.
President, T. T. Lyon, South Haven.
Vice President, W. K. [Gisnor?], Jackson.
Secretary, Chas. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer, S. M. [Pearnall?]., Grand Rapids.
Librarian, Thos. H. [Forster?], Lansing.
Executive Board.
E. H. Scott, Ann Arbor.
C. A. Sessions, M[?].
W. K. G[?], Jackson.
H. W. Davin, [Lapeer?].
James Satterlee, Lansing.
J. N. Stearns, K[?].

Michigan
State Horticultural Society.

Secretary's Office,
Grand Rapids, Mich. May 26 1886

My Dear Bessey.

Kindly send me a
letter which shall state
concisely your views of the
style of botany it is best
to teach young people
in agricultural colleges.
We are expecting to follow
[several?] pursuits for a
[launchboard?]. I mueant to
use it and a number of
others in next number
of Mich. Horticulturist.

Your old [?]
Garfield