Secretary's (®ori^er. 



Nbw Members FOR 1906.— Have 3'ou sent in your new member yet for 

 this year? The membership list is growing steadily, but to reach the maxi- 

 nmm desired this year it will be necessary for vou to secure one new member. 

 Which one of your neighbors will it be ? 



Premium Books for Securing New Members.— The little society 

 folder gives on page 6 a list of premium books offered for securing new 

 members. There are certainly a number of these books that everyone engaged 

 in horticultural pursuits in this region should be the owner of. Some additions 

 have been made to the list this yeer. Please look it over with care and selec 

 what you need, and then "get it." 



Call at the Office for Reports. — The report for 1905 is ready for 

 distribution to the 1906 members. It is sent by mail or express to those living 

 at a distance, but any living in or about Minneapolis are lequested to call at 

 the office for a copy. It will be secured in this way in better condition 

 than if sent through the mail, as well as saving the soc ety the postage of 17 

 cents each, which is no inconsiderable amount when the number to be sent 

 out is considered. 



University Apple Doing Well. — The University apple is proving to be 

 quite reliable. The tree is a vigorous, healthy grower, seems to be hardy as 

 Patten's Greening, and is an early bearer. The fruit is of good size and form, 

 and of fairly good quality. It will keep until the middle of January in an 

 ordinary cellar. Whil-; the fruit is not so large as that of Patten's Greening, 

 and I doubt very much if it will ever prove as valuable, yet it is a very desir- 

 able addition to our list of cultivated fruits. — Samuel B. Green. 



The North Dakota Horticultural Society. — Mr. A. J. Philips, of 

 West Salem, Wisconsin, by invitation was present at the annual meeting of 

 this society, which was held as a part of the general gathering of societies at 

 Fargo under the auspices of the Grain Grower's Convention. Mr. Philips re- 

 ports a very large attendance at all of these joint meetings. In the horticul- 

 tural program he spoke of the "Pioneers in Northwestern Horticulture." At 

 the annual election Prof. C. B. Waldron, who has heretofore 1)een secretary, 

 was elected president, and O. O. Churchill, assistant in the agricultural de- 

 partment. Agricultural College, Fargo, N. D., secretary. 



Southern Minnesota Horticultural Meeting.— The Southern Min- 

 nesota Society held its annual meeting, as planned, at Albert Lea, on January 

 22 and 23. Mr. F. H. Nutter went from Minneapolis to this meeting to talk 

 Monday evening on the subject of ornamental planting. The program in- 

 cluded many topics of practical interest, several by parties at a distance. Mr. 

 Clarence Wedge presented the subject o¥ the possibilities of seedlings and 

 others 'fo' lowed in the same vein. Nearly $50. in premiums was olTered, to be 

 paid in nursery stock contributed by the various nurse ies in that section. 

 Full details of this meeting are not at hand at the writing of this. 



OuEEN Vashti.— This is the title of a book being written by our mutual 

 friend, Mr. A. J. Philips, West Salem, Wis. It is practically an autobiogra- 

 phy of a Guernsey cow, written as a companion piece to "Black Beauty," but 

 this preliminary notice has a fitting place in our columns from the fact that he 



