396 TRANSACTIONS OF THE MARSHALL 



PROCEKDINQS 



OF THE 



Marshall County Horticultural Society. 



ORGANIZED APRIL 28, 1888. 



I 13 MEMBERSHIP UP TO DEC.3I, 1889. 



OFFICERS FOR 1889. 



President — E. R. McKinney. 

 Vice-President — A. H. Gaston. 



Secretary — C. S. Rowley. 

 Assistant Secretary — Gr. A. Bangs. 



Treasurer — Mrs. H. Soeenson. 

 Assistant Treasurer — Mrs. L. Duchesne. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



BY C. S. ROWLEY. 



The Marshall County Horticultural Society has had a steady and 

 healthy growth since its organization (April 28, 1888) and now 

 numbers 113 members — not enumerating the honorary members. 

 We hold two regular meetings each month, usually at the homes 

 of the members. The dates of the meetings are the first and third 

 Thursday evenings. In addition to these regular meetings, the 

 Society holds two semi-annual fruit and flower exhibits — one 

 usually in June, at which strawberries and roses are exhibited, and 

 another in October, at which all fall fruits, flowers and vegetables 

 are shown. Premiums are awarded consisting of ribbons, no cash 

 premiums having yet been awarded. These exhibits are all well 

 attended, and very fine displays of horticultural products are 



