1906, 

 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. W. LATHAM, SEC'y. 



The unbroken record of a pleasant day for the summer meetino" 

 of our society now maintained so many years was nearly fractured 

 on Wednesday, June 26th. when the reg^ular summer oat'hering was 

 held in Armory Hall, at the State Experiment Station. Showers 

 the night before and a steady rainfall in the mornino^ g^ave promise 

 of an unpleasant day, but as the hours advanced the clcjuds thinned 

 out. and by noon we were enjoying^ the usual beautiful weather for 

 this gathering. The threatening morning had some effect, undoubt- 

 edly, on the attendance, but by actual count there were fully three 

 hundred who sat down to the lunch tables, and many undoubtedly 

 were there who did not participate in that function. At the after- 

 noon session, when the topics of the day were discussed, the gather- 

 ing was an unusually large one, of which probably more than one- 

 half were ladies, making a very pleasant occasion of it. 



\Mth one exception. Judge Moyer, of [Montevideo, all the mem- 

 bers of the executive board were present. President Wedge being 

 able t'o be with us and presiding at the meeting. The faculty at 

 the experiment station, especially Prof. Green, who had direct charge 

 of the entertainment, and his first assistant, ^Ir. LeRoy Cady, took 

 all pains t'o make the gathering a pleasant one. Tables for the ex- 

 hibit of flowers were arranged across the east end of Armory Hall 

 and half way down either side, and tables set for the accomodation 

 of two hundred fifty guests occupied the rest of the hall. The fruit 

 exhibit was placed in an adjoining room provided with a sufficiently 

 large number of tables for the purpose. It being an unfortunate 

 season for strawberries, the exhibit was a comparatively light one, 

 as was anticipated, but there was enough of this fruit so that after 

 having been judged it was^ distributed about the tables, and each 

 guest was supplied with an abundance. There was also a large dis- 

 play of currants and gooseberries. A few varieties of apples were 

 shown, including a number not entered from the Perkins' seedling 

 orchard, at Red Wing, exhibited by Wyman Elliot. One of the 

 most interestino- exhibits there was a collection of branches and 



