122 ANNUAL REPORT 



occasional wonian interested in horticulture, wlio may timidly venture to seat her- 

 self upon the outskirts of this august assembly. 



There are but few subjects discussed that would not prove of interest to a wo- 

 man wishins to add to the comfort and beauty of her house, from the hardy ever- 

 green, and apple tree, to the delicate flowers of the " Cyclamen," casting its refin- 

 ing Influence over tlie most Immble dwelling. 



To be sure, she may not be so well qualifled to judge]of the hardiness of the tree 

 but her taste, unimpaired by the use of tobacco, to say nothing of stroger stimu- 

 lous, would at least render her more competent to test the superior qualitj^ and 

 flavor of the fruit, and, if she would only remember that the good, old scriptural 

 injunction, " Let your women keep silence in meeting," did not apply to Horticul- 

 tural societies, she might, by uplifting her voice, show how much horticulture, by 

 well directed effort, can do for woman, changing what is too often but a dreary 

 abiding place, comfortless and unadorned, to a house in the true sense of the 

 word, where grace, and beauty, and refinement, are taught by the trees and 

 shrubs and flowers. 



Anna B. Underwood, 

 Mrs. F. G. Gould, 

 Julia H. Emery. 

 The following awards are made : 



R. J. Mendexhall, 

 1st premium on display of plants in bloom. 

 " " single specimen plant. 



" ornamental foliage jilant. 



" floral design. 



" " round boquet. 



flat 



Mrs. D. G. Heggie, Lake City. 

 1st premium on crab apple jelly. 



" canned raspberries 



" " mixed pickles- 



" " display, Minnesota grown canned fruit. 



Report of committee of awards on vegetables : 



Wyman Elliot, of Minneapolis. O. Gibbs, of Lake City, and J. S. Harris, of La 

 Crescent, make the following exhibit : 



Wyman Elliot, 

 Ist premium on displa\' of potatoes. 

 1st " peck early " 



2d " " late " 



1st " " beets. 



" " 3 Hubbard squash. 



O. Gibbs, 

 2d premium on display of potatoes. 

 2d " peck early " 



l3t " •' late 



