70 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



Best floral design, Miss Vira Campbell. 



Best wild cactus, Mrs. C. Lawson, Howard. 



Best bouquet wild flowers by child of 13 years and under, class A, Miss Nellie 



Boyden, Pittsfield. 



Second best. Miss Josie Rowbotbam, Preble. 



Thiid best, Miss Bessie Campbell, Scott. 

 Best bouquet wild flowers by child of 13 years and under, class B, Miss Katie 



McMann, Fort Howard. 



Second best, Miss Lucinda Wilson, Pittsfield. 

 Special mention was made of a very fine collection of green house plants, not 



entered for competition, from the private conservatory of Mrs. Rufus B. 



Kellogg, Green Bay. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION HELD xYT THE STATE 



FAIR 



Agricultural Rooms. 



Madison, Wis., September 8, 1880. 



The State Horticultural Society had no official connection with 

 the exhibition of fruits and flowers at the state fair of 1880, but 

 the iuterest taken by the individual members of the society was 

 fully as great as in former years, and most of the usual exhibitors 

 and attendants were present. 



A meeting for discussion was announced for Wednesday even- 

 ing, at the agricultural rooms in the capitol. and at the hour 

 appointed the society was called to order by President Smith. 



Summer Meetings. — In opening the discussion, he gave a 

 brief account of the June meetings held at Baraboo and Green 

 Bay, and assured the society that from what he had seen of the 

 good results of these meetings, especially in connection with their 

 Brown county society, he was most fully convinced that it was 

 the duty of the state society to enter more largely into this work. 

 He was confident there was no other way in which we could do 

 so much good as by thus co-operating with these local societies 

 and encouraging them in their work. He resrretted that but two 

 societies responded to the offer made to hold these summer meet- 

 ings, and would be glad if the balance of the sum set apart by the 

 society for this work could be used for this purpose during the 

 fall or winter. 



Mr. Pilgrim proposed that the unexpended $200 be offered in 

 equal amounts to any four local horticultural societies that would 

 comply with the conditions proposed for the June meetings. 



