38 ANKtrAL REPORT 



ANNUAL WINTER MEETING, 1883. 



The Sixteenth Annual Winter meeting of the Minnesota State 

 Horticultural Society convened at the College of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, on Tuesday, January 16, 1883, 

 at 9 o'clock A. M. Vice President A. W. Sias in the chair, Presi- 

 Harris having been called away to the bedside of his mother who 

 was lying ill in Ohio. 



Henry C. Stearns, of Watseka, Illinois, was announced as assis- 

 tant secretary and reporter for the session. 



PROGRAM. 



First Day, Tuesdmj, January 16th, 1888. 



MOENING SESSION. 



9 A. M. — Opening exercises: — Address of welcome by Prof. Edward D. Porter, 

 Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture in Minnesota State University. Ad- 

 dress of President J. S. Harris. 



Reports of Secretary and Treasurer. 



Appointment of committees for the meeting. 



Paper on "Further Studies in Apple Blossoms" by Geo. P. Petfer, of 

 Pewaukee, Wis. 



Question box and general business. 



12 M. — Recess, one hour. 



afternjon session. 



1 p. M. — Prof. Riley's lecture. 

 Discussion. 



