TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ANNUAL MEETING 



HELD BY THE 



WisGoijsiij Stflte HortiGultuml SoGiety, 



At Waukesha, February 16, 1887. 



Meeting called to order by President J. M. Smith at 3:30 

 P. M., February 16, 1887. 



Pres. J. M. Smith — The first thing upon our programme 

 is an address of welcome by Mr. Cook. 



Mr. A. Cook — Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the 

 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, by the partiality of 

 my associates in the adjunct to the Wisconsin State Horti- 

 cultural Society, the Waukesha Horticultural Society, it de- 

 volves upon me to greet you upon this your first meeting in 

 our midst for many years. The object of your association 

 is of a high and ennobling character. None less than the 

 instilling and fostering of a love for plants and flowers, and 

 a general knowledge of horticultural science in the human 

 mind. Your labors are assisted, it is true, by the labors of 

 other organizations in other states, for the fact is not to be 

 overlooked that the societies in other states have brought to 

 bear an influence within the limits of our state, as your ef- 

 forts in like manner have spread beyond your own borders. 

 In thinking over the subject of horticultural improvement 

 and development in our own state, it is but necessary to re- 

 vert to a period far short of a century back to see the con- 



