14 AilNUAL REPORT 



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Agricultural Hall, Uniyersity of Minnesota, ) 

 Minneapolis, June ii7, 2 o'clock p. m. f 



The Minnesota State Horticultural Society met as above, ac- 

 cording to program. President Harris in the chair. The rooms 

 had been decorated to present a cheerful and inviting appearance 

 by contributions of choice plants and flowers from the green 

 houses and gardens of the University, under the care of Mr. James 

 Bowen, and from professional florists and others in the city of 

 Minneapolis. At the hour of opening, the exhibition tables were 

 already full and arranged in good order. The displays of early 

 vegetables vt'ere exceptionally fine, cauliflowers, cucumbers and 

 lettuce having the appearance of full grown specimens, and were 

 in the freshest, neatest possible condition. The strawberry exhi- 

 bition, notwithstanding the lateness of the season of ripening this 

 year, embraced over twenty varieties, and the samples had been 

 brought in by the members with a liberality that showed a design 

 to accept the program for the picnic by calling for a committee 

 of the whole on the strawberry question. They were displayed oh 

 heaping plates, in boxes and baskets, and about the windows in 

 quantities that were only equaled by the number and size of ac- 

 companying packages in brown paper and in family baskets stowed 

 under the tables, awaiting the hour for dining. 



President W. W. Folwell, of the State University, by invitation 

 of President Harris, addressed the society, welcoming the mem- 

 bers and visitors to the University, its buildings and its grounds, 

 and to the city of Minneapolis as well. He expressed his gratifi- 

 cation that our meetings were exclusively for the encouragement 



