Tkansactions at the Annual Meeting. 149 



2 P. M. 

 "When the society came to order further reports from local 

 societies were presented. Mr. 0. Gibbs, Jr., delegate from the 

 Minnesota State Ilorticaltural Society, spoke again of the matters 

 he was commissioned to bring before our society, and it being 

 judged a favorable time he presented the following communication : 



3fr. President, and Members of the Wisconsin Ilorticidlural 

 Society : — As a delegate to your society from the State Horticult- 

 ural Society of Minnesota, I am commissioned to present some 

 matters of business for your consideration, and in so doing I am 

 encouraged to believe, by the cordial reception you have ex- 

 tended to me as such deleg:ite, and also to our worthy president, 

 Mr. Harris, that I shall be exercising a privilege and enjoying a 

 pleasure quite as much as performing a duty. 



Our society invites a reciprocity with yours in all matters of 

 mutual interest, but more especially ujjon the following points: 



1st. An exchange of transactions for the benefit of all the 

 members. One hundred copies set aside by each society will, 

 for the present, reach them all, and, to save delays and extra 

 expense, they can be mailed direct to members upon the ex- 

 change of lists by the secretaries. On our part we could furnish 

 some back numbers if desired. 



2d. By delegates, or delegations sent to the several meetings, 

 authorized to act as representatives, and admitted to a part in the 

 discussions and general transactions. 



3d. Admission of horticultural products to exhibitions for 

 premiums, as between growers in Wisconsin and Minnesota, on 

 equal terms. 



4th. The compilation and publication of a fruit and tree plant- 

 er's manual, as proposed in a resolution of our society herewith 

 presented ; and, 



5th. Some agreement, if practicable, upon a plan to encourage 

 the production of new varieties of apples and other hardy fruits. 



It is not necessary that I should take up much of your time in 

 speaking of the merits of any of these propositions. If they are 

 practicable, you will readily see it. That some, if not all of 



