ecretary's (^opqer. 



Membership Roli, for 1906.— On April 19th the annual membership 

 roll for the current year stood at 1886, which is 219 more than the number of 

 names on this roll the year before on that same date. Adding to this 165, 

 the approximate number of life members, will make the total membership at 

 rhat date "2051. Have you sent in a new member yet this year? 



Information Wanted .\bout the Pocket Gcpher.— Prof. Thos. G. 

 Lee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, desires correspondence from 

 localities where the pocket gopher is abundatt. Any of our readers who 

 know of an)' places wht re this animal is found in unusual numbers or who 

 have suffered from its depredations are requested to correspond with him 

 about it. 



Waxing the Graft. — "I have a large amount of thin, rotten calico in 

 strips a half inch wide in small rolls with wax on ore side. In case of a hard 

 storm this method of winding the splice is better than any ether -nay." — Seth 

 H. Kenney. 



Mr. Kenney is top grafting on the Gould crab a Icng list of varieties of 

 winter fruit to test the value on this stock. Amongst these varieties are the 

 Roxbury Russet, Davenport Russet, Perry Russet and several varieties of 

 winter seedlings from his native town in Massachusetts. 



Constance Horticultural Club. — The annual meeting of this local 

 horticultural society (Anoka county) was held March 17th last. E. G. 

 Williams was elei ted president and John Simonson secretary. This society 

 is holding meetings niontblj- and considers topics devoted to forestry, 

 horiiculture and general farming. There ought to be a thousand such organ- 

 izations in the state, and it would seem easy to maintain them indefinitely, to 

 meet from house to house and take up from time to time the various topics 

 connected with the subjects referred to. 



Bulletin on Pruning. — Frederick Cranefield, secretary of the Wisconsin 

 horticultural society, has issued a bulletin on "Pruning Orchard Trees," 

 accompanied by numerous illustrations, and he has kindly offered to furnish 

 this bulletin to any of our members who may apply to him while the issue 

 lasts. We are very glad to announce this here, as pruning orchard trees in 

 Wisconsin and in Minnesota are on the same basis, and much informa- 

 tion of value to our members will be found in this bulletin. Address Sec'y 

 Cranefield at Madison, Wisconsin, asking for bulletin No. 8. 



Andrew Wilfert and the Japanese; Walnut.— The April Horticul- 

 turist contained an item from the reporter's notes, in which reference is made 

 to Mr. Wilfert's success in raising Japanese walnuts, and was understood to 

 refer to Mr. Andrew Wilfert, of Cleveland, a well known member of this 

 society and the onl}' one of that name known to us. A communication 

 received from Mr. Wilfert, however, gives the information that he has had no 

 experience in growing this fruit and would himself like to know who this 

 Mr. Wilfert here referred to is that he might get a few of the nuts himself. 

 Perhaps some of our members can give this information to the secretary and 

 in this way get in touch with the right person. 



