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in the absence of the president and the other members appointed 

 to act with him, took the responsibility of locating it in the base- 

 ment. He trusted this would meet the approval of the society. 

 This arrangement would make it necessary to secure a room 

 attendant to see to the fruit. 



By resolution the action of the secretary was approved, and he 

 was instructed to employ an attendant to take charge of the ex- 

 hibition room. 



Summer Meetings. — President Smith gave an account of the 

 June meetings held in connection with the Sauk county and 

 Brown county horticultural societies, and said he was more 

 than ever convinced that the great mission of the state society 

 was in this work, and that there was no way in which it could 

 better reach the public, and do more to create an interest in horti- 

 cultural subjects than by these meetings. He said that, at the 

 request of the Northwestern Horticultural Society, located at La 

 Crosse, he attended a meeting held there in December last. This 

 society had thought of inviting the state society to hold a joint 

 convention with them in June last, but were not able to perfect 

 the arrangements to do so. At their winter meeting they had de- 

 cided to try and secure a convention and exhibition the coming 

 spring, and had sent the society an invitation to meet with them. 

 The Grand Chute Horticultural Society had also sent a like invi- 

 tation ; both of which he would present to the society, hoping 

 that they would be accepted. Other invitations may be handed 

 in, and if so, he was in favor of accepting as many of them as we 

 could. 



The communications were presented and read, as follows : 



La Crosse, Wis., December 8, 1880. 



President Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, 



Dear Sir:— At a regular meeting of our horticultural society, held in La 



Crosse, Wis., December 7 and 8, 18S0, the State Society were invited to hold 



their summer session in connection with this society, sometime during the 



month of June, 1881. Hoping your society will accept this invitation, I 



remain, 



Yours truly, L. W. Brigham, 



Secretary. 



