Secretary's (®ori]er. 



Wori^d's Fair Medals Received. — The medals awarded to exhibitors 

 of Minnesota fruit at the St. Louis World's Fair are now being received. At 

 least that is the word that conies to this office from one of the members to 

 whom such a medal was awarded. The certificates, in many cases, at least, 

 were sent out some months since. 



New Plants from the South Dakota Experiment Station.— A 

 little circular issued by Prof. N. E. Hansen, horticulturist at the South 

 Dakota Experiment Station, offers a number of importations, including 

 Niobe Golden Weeping Willow, Siberian Sandthorn, Ural Willow, Rosa 

 Rugosa, Russian Black Currant and a new seedling raspberry of his own 

 origination, the Sunbeam Raspberry. For further information as to 

 description, price, etc. address Prof. N. E. Hansen, at Brookings, S. D. 



Present Annual Membership Roll. — At the date of writing, February 

 21st, there are 1162 names on the annual paid up membership roll for 1906, 

 which is something over a hundred more than the roll of last year contained 

 at the same date. This added to a life roll of about 165 members brings the 

 membership for 1906 at the date mentioned up to 1327. By far the greater 

 part of these are renewals, though a considerable number of new names have 

 been placed on the roll through the Farmers' Institutes and the work of 

 individual members of the society. 



Plant Breeders' Auxiliary. — Applications are already coming in for 

 membership in the Plant Breeders' Auxiliary. There is no expense connected 

 with becoming a member of this auxdiary association, and it only requires 

 that the applicant should be, first, a member of the Horticultural Society and, 

 second, engaged in some way in ' 'originating new varieties of trees and 

 plants." Please read the constitution to be found on page 76 of the February 

 number of our monthly. You may have seedlings that are already growing. 

 This will entitle you to a membership in the auxiliary. Or you may plant 

 them this spring, which will also entitle you to a membership. 



Is Your Membership Renewed for 1906? — There are still a few names 

 upon the last year's roll that have not yet renewed their membership for 1906 

 that we are sure purpose doing so. Please give this prompt attention and 

 especially if you want to secure the plant premiums offered by the society to 

 members whose fees reach this office not later than April first and make 

 selections of plant premiums by the same date. You cannot afford to dropout 

 of the society, nor can we afford to have you. The great work the association 

 is doing needs the assistance of every one in the northwest interested in the 

 development of a pomology suited to our conditions. This is the high 

 standard that the horticulturists of Minnesota have set for themselves. 



An Inspiring Example —There is no age limit on the part of appli- 

 cants for the opportunity of taking part in the contests in growing seedling 

 apple trees for the new prize offers being marie by the society, and Mr. O. W. 

 Moore, Spring Valley, now in his seventy-fifth year, intends to begin this 

 work with us the coming .spring with the thoiight that if he does not live to 

 see the fruit from it some one else will. This spirit should reap its own 



