Secretary's (®opper. 



Plant Apple Seed — a few each year, from choice Minnesota grown 

 fruit, and take a hand in the new prize contests. 



Delegate to the South Dakota Meeting. — Mr. Peter Si verts, of 

 Canby, Minn., is to represent our society at the coming annual meeting of the 

 South Dakota Horticultural Society. This meeting will convene at Groton, 

 South Dakota on Jan. 23d. 



Horticultural Meeting at Albert Lea. — The South Minnesota 

 society are planning for a big meeting at Albert Lea on the 22nd and 23rd of 

 this month. Members convenient to that locality should plan to get around 

 there at that time and "bear a hand." 



Delegate to the Wisconsin Meeting.— Mr. A. Brackett, of Excelsior, 

 is to represent our society at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Horti- 

 cultural Society, which convenes in Madison, Wisconsin, February 6, 7 and 8. 

 His report of the meeting may be expected in the March issue. 



Report of the Iowa Meeting. — Mr. Dewain Cook was selected as 

 delegate to represent the societ}- at the annual meeting of the Iowa society, 

 which convened in Des Moines the week after our annual meeting. An ex- 

 cellent report of this meeting appears in this number through the promptness 

 of our delegate. 



Is Your Membership Fee Paid for 1906 ? — If you are one of the few 

 who have overlooked this little matter till now, will you please give it prompt 

 attention as your notice is here called to it? The annual volume for 1905, 

 "Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota," is now ready for distribution and 

 will be sent promptl}- on receipt of annual fee. 



The South Dakota Inspection Law. — It has lately come to our know- 

 lege that South Dakota has recenth' passed a law similar to the Minnesota 

 Inspection Law, and that hereafter all nursery stock shipped into that state 

 must bear the certificate of the inspector. This will be valuable information 

 to the nurserymen of the state, and it may be to others who may wish to make 

 similar shipments. 



Illinois Semi-Centennial Meeting. — The Illinois society celebrated 

 its fiftieth anniversary the week following our annual meeting. We were 

 honored by the presence there of Mr. Roy Underwood as representative of the 

 Minnesota society. The gathering was an interesting one, and Mr. Under- 

 wood gives us the benefit of his observations in attendance on another page 

 of this monthly, to which the attention of our readers is invited. 



