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RUSSIAN APPLES. 



Long Keepers, any variety. A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo $2 00 



Second, Geo. Jeffreys, Milwaukee 1 00 



Repkainalenka. A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo 2 00 



Longfield, A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo 2 00 



Pabskoe, A, G. Tuttle, Baraboo 2 00 



DISCRETIONARY— SIKQLE PLATES. 



D, T. Pilgrim, West Granville, Gloria Mundi $1 00 



Northern Spy 1 00 



Ben Davis • 1 00 



Fall Orange 1 00 



Black Detroit 1 00 



Johnathan 1 00 



Golden Queen 1 00 



Geo. J. Kellogg, Janesville, Rhode Island Greening I 00 



Red Canada 1 00 



Strawberry Apple 1 00 



Newton Pippin 1 00 



St. Lawrence 1 00 



B. F. Adams — I move the thanks of this society be ten- 

 dered this fruit committee for their services rendered. 

 Motion carried. 



Pres. Smith — If there are no more committees to report 

 we will proceed with our programme and listen to Mr. Cur- 

 rie, of INfilwaukee. 



HOUSE PLANTS. 



By Mr. CURRIE, Milwaukee. 



J/r. President and Members of the State Horticultural 

 Societt/ : Ladies and gentlemen, — I esteem it'a very great 

 honor to be privileged to address you on this occasion. On 

 receipt of the very kind invitation of your honorable 

 society to read before you a paper on house plants, I natur- 

 ally had some hesitation about accepting it, as I appreciate 

 the fact that one may be a practical florist and yet have a 

 very limited knowledge of the house culture of plants. 

 Practical garedners, as you are undoubtedly well aware, 

 seldom engage in that by no means unimportant branch of 

 horticulture. Plants in the home seem to them, as they 

 certainly are, a luxury, and few gardeners feel justified in 



