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any former year of its history. The interest felt by the public in 

 the society's work is increasing. The sympathy and co-opera- 

 tion between the local and state societies is much more evident, 

 and by uniting our labors with theirs we have been able to reach 

 a much larger number ; we trust to their benefit, surely to our 

 own encouragement. 



The change in regard to taking part as a society in the exhibi- 

 tion at the state fair, seemed, at the time, a little strange, but has 

 not been attended with any very remarkable results. Many of 

 our members contributed largely to the display of fruits and 

 flowers, and received their proportion of the premiums as a re- 

 ward for their labors, and those of us who were not exhibitors 

 found greater enjoyment in the occasion on account of the exemp- 

 tion from care and responsibility. 



Summer Meetings. — Two meetings were held in June, in 

 accordance with the resolution passed at our last annual meeting ; 

 one at Baraboo, the other at Green Bay. Unfortunately the one 

 at Baraboo was held at the same time the American Nurserymen's 

 Association was in session at Chicago. This prevented the attend- 

 ance of some of the members of the society who would otherwise 

 have been present. Quite a large number of the members were 

 at the Green Bay meeting, larger, even, than a year ago. The 

 local attendance was good, and the proceedings were of more than 

 usual interest. It was proposed at our annual meeting to hold 

 six of these joint conventions, if local societies would respond, 

 but the season's experience tends to prove that the labor attendant 

 upon such meetings, at this busy season of the year with nursery- 

 men, fruit growers and those interested in horticulture, makes it 

 difficult for the local societies to give the necessary time and labor 

 to getting up and conducting the exhibition, and providing for 

 the literary part of the entertainment, unless largely aided by the 

 members of »he State Society, but most of our members are so 

 situated that it is difficult to leave their business to attend even 

 one meeting, and two or more are entirely out of the question. 

 If this plan is to be carried out, it seems to be necessary that the 

 president or a special committee should arrange with or assign it 

 as the duty of certain members to attend each meeting to be held, 



