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penses of a practical horticulturist who would go there and present this 

 matter to the people, with Mr. Marshall, Mr. Pugsley, and myself, and if 

 the results are what wo hope they will be, we will be in a position to 

 take up the subject in another year, and present it in the way it should 

 be. 



Mr. G. A. Marshall: Before we leave this committee work, here is 

 a letter from Mr. Camp, of Cheney, and I want to present it. 



The President: Mr. ]\larshall will read. 



"Cheney, Nebraska, 

 "December 14, 1911. 

 "Mr. C. G. Marshall, Secretary: 



"Dear Sir — At the Nebraska State Fair, September, 1911, the society 

 kindly gave recognition to a seedling gi-ape I had entered Discretionary 

 under the name of 'Osceola.' On the tenth day of the present month, in 

 looking over the Grape Culturist by Andrew S. Fuller, published in 1894, 

 I noticed on page 264 he credits Dr. J. Stagman with 'a large white grape' 

 under the name of Osceola. I was not aware there was a grape intro- 

 duced under the name of Osceola at the time I sheeted the name. The 

 Nebraska State Horticultural Society will prefer I change the name to 

 be different from any already introduced variety. This variety Osceola 

 is a compound hybrid composed of four species as follows: one-fourth 

 Post Oak, one-fourth Rupestris, one-eighth Vinifera, three-eighths La- 

 brusca. With the consent of the society I will ask to have the name Os- 

 ceola changed to 'Santa Anna.' He was president of Mexico about 1834. 

 One-half of this variety is southern blood, yet the vine seems to be per- 

 fectly hardy here and is a very strong grower. No wood is yet distrib- 

 uted. 



"Respectfully, 



"CHAS. B. CAMP." 



Mr. Marshall: I move you that we change the name of this grape 

 that Mr. Camp had already named Osceola to Santa Anna. 



Seconded. Carried. 



Mr. Brown: I looked over the State Journal this morning. I do not 

 know that any of the meetings are any better than this, and I do not 

 know that it is worse than any other. But any way, in the article about 

 our meeting I noticed that the State Horticultural Society is not men- 

 tioned in this paper except in small type and with a small letter "h." 

 It seems to me that we have a committee on publicity and it seems to 

 me it should be the duty of this committee to get this before the papers 

 in the right way. 



It seems to me the paper that was read yesterday by Mr. Keyser, 

 which I think was the best paper that was read before this society in ten 

 years, should have been given a better write up. It has less than three 

 lines, and I think it should be published in full by the State Journal or 

 some other paper. All you have to do is to go to them and give them 

 the material and they will be glad to publish it. 



The President: The next number on the program will be "Views 



