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By vote of the society, Mrs. Ryan was requested to write a paper 

 on Roses, giving her experience in their culture, to be read at the 

 next annual meeting of the society. 



Thanks Tendered. — The following resolutions were presented 

 by Mr. Kellogg, and passed without dissent: 



Whereas, The Sauk County Horticultural Society, by their gen- 

 erous invitation at our last annual meeting by A. G. Tuttle, did 

 invite the State Horticultural Society to meet with them and hold 

 their June meeting; and, 



Whereas, The officers and executive committee of this society 

 have taken every measure to make the June meeting a pleasurable 

 success; have offered a special premium list; have spared no pains 

 or labor in the arrangement of the rooms for the exhibition of 

 plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc., and providing a railroad ex- 

 cursion to the grounds of N. C. Kirk, and generous hospitality 

 in entertaining delegates from abroad; therefore, 



Resolved, 1st, That we tender our hearty thanks to the officers 

 and executive committee of the Sauk County Horticultural Society 

 and the citizens of Baraboo and vicinity, for their kind and gen- 

 erous hospitality; 



2d, That we extend to the railroads that have granted us excur- 

 sion rates our hearty thanks; 



3d, That we tender our hearty thanks to N. C. Kirk, proprietor 

 of the picnic grounds at Devil's Lake, for the free use of his grounds 

 and pavilion for the use of the convention; 



4th, That we concur in the vote of thanks tendered to the ladies 

 who have furnished us with papers for this occasion, aud request 

 that a copy be given our secretary for the coming transactions. 



G. J. KELLOGG, 



J. C. PLUMB, 



A. J. PHILLIPS, 



Committee. 

 Society adjourned. 



