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The show of cut flowers is not extensive in number of entries but the samples 

 are fine in quality and condition, and arranged in designs and bouquets with ex- 

 cellent taste. 



The collection is as follows: Displays of pansies and verbenas and four bouquets 

 of gladiolas, dahlias, phloxes, roses and wild flowers, by Mrs. H. B. Sargent, of 

 Lake City; a cross design in phloxes and geraniums l)y Miss Maggie Gibbs, of Lake 

 Cit}'; a bouquet of geraniums and one of dahlias, verbenas and asters, by S. S. 

 Workman, of Lake City, and a display of pansies b^'Mrs. D. G. Heggie, of Florence. 



The grain and vegetal)le departments had the following entries: D. G. Heggie, 

 Florence — blood beet, white French and yellow sugar beets, mammoth mangle' 

 rutabaga, cabbages, cauliflowers, Danvers, white Portugal and red Weatherstield 

 onions; acme and trophy tomatoes; peerless, snowflake andljurbank potatoes, hub- 

 bard squash and large hyl)rid squash. 



E. C. Eaton, Florence— cabliages, cauliflowers, hubbard squash, blood beets and 

 mammoth mangle; rutabagas, white turnips, one-half long carrots, turnip beets, 

 sweet corn, parsnips, yellow Danvers and red Weatherstield onions; peppers, celery, 

 display of gypsej' watermelons; early rose, beauty of Hebron, snowflake, blue im- 

 perial, peach blow, manunoth i^earl, Burl)ank and Jordan prolific potatoes. 



Chas. Gould, Central Point, display' of potatoes, consisting of beauty of Hebron, 

 early rose, Burbank, snowflake and mammoth pearl. 



Oliver Gibtjs, Jr., Lake City, early rose, beauty of Hebron, snowflake, Burbank, 

 Jordan prolific and belle potatoes; white portugal and multiplying or potato onions, 

 top onion sets, sugar beets, yellow and red globe and large red mangels, Idack 

 Spanish winter raddish, carrots, parsnips, tomatoes and Swede turnips. 



W. S. Arnold, Florence, north star, ^-ellow dent corn and Jordan prolific pota- 

 toes, samples of the latter weighing one pound llj^' ounces. 



M. Pearce, Minnetonka, samples mammoth sugar, Canada yellow, white dent 

 and compton surprise corn; maple syrup and strawberry plants in pots and boxes. 



Underwood & Emery, Lake City, sweet potatoes and potted strawberry plants. 



Hiram Webster, Lake City, collection of garden seeds, forty-four varieties; black 

 wax beans, table beets and top onion sets. 



The samples in this department are all good, and many of them of unusual merit. 



Of amber cane syrup we note but three samples. These are contributed by 

 Grannis & Wilson, of the Central Point Steam Works, recently estaldished, 

 Knight Whipple of Minnetonka and George Perkins of South Troy. 



In conclusion your committee would express the Ijelief that this, the first inde- 

 pendent exhibition meeting of the Minnesota Horticultural Society will imjiress all 

 present as it does your committee, with the value of such meetings as a means of 

 obtaining useful information, not easily found otherwise, and of disseminating it 

 among the people, and that their continuance in the future will come to be re- 

 garded as something quite as wortliy of popular attendance and patronage as any 

 of our more miscellaneous Ijut certainly not more useful annual fairs. 



The agricultural horse trot may l)e an economical device to increase the speed 

 and foster the class of horses that are wanted to trot rapidly in going for the doc- 

 tor, but it is a fair question whether a l)etter encouragement of horticultural meet" 

 ings and shows to make good, wholesome fruit more plenty and cheap might not 

 result in the doctors' professional visits being fewer, except in those cases where 



