TWO MINUTE TALKS. 46I 



Mrs. Frank Gibbs : There are so many of the old people here 

 who ought to be heard that it scarcely seems right for me to take 

 the time to say anything. I wish I might have heard Mr. Under- 

 wood's paper. If we had known some of the things we heard today 

 six or eight years ago things might have been different. 



The Chairman : There are no old people in the house. I am 

 going to call on Mr. Loring from whom we always get good advice. 



Mr. C. M. Loring: I will reminesce just a little. I was one of 

 the first members of this society, and when I think of the small num- 

 ber that used to gather in the little halls where we held our meetings 

 and think of the organization of two thousand we have now it seems 

 to me it is one of the most remarkable instances of tremendous 

 growth this Northwest has ever seen. We are the largest horticultu- 

 ral society in the United States, and that is something of which we 

 may all feel very proud. Now, Mr. Chairman, it seems to me each 

 one of us ought to do as the secretary asks us to do. to bring one 

 more member into the association and raise the membership of this 

 society above the two thousand mark. I hope by the time our next 

 meeting is held we shall reach the mark he has set of 2,500 members. 

 I hardly expect we shall get that far, but let us try. AMiat a source 

 of pride it is to me to go back to the east where I was born and 

 raised and say to the people there that we have in this state of Min- 

 niesota the largest horticultural society in the world. Many think 

 that Indians are still running wild on the borders of Minneapolis. I 

 know we are all gratified to see the regular and continual growth 

 of our society. (Applause.) 



The Chairman : I am going to call on another lady, one who is 

 always found at our meetings, but who rarely has anything to say. 

 I am going to call on Miss Moeser. 



Miss Moeser : I can only say that I always enjoy these meet- 

 ings, and they are an inspiration to any one who attends them. I 

 always take home the ideas I get here and try to put them into 

 practice, and I almost invariably get good results from them. 



The Chairman : Now I am going to ask one of our older mem- 

 bers to say a few words, Mr. Moore, a man from whom we are 

 always glad to hear. 



Mr. O. W. Moore : We have had what I should term a very 

 successful meeting. We have been encouraging one another, we 

 have heard many good things, and while our president was not 

 able to be with us Prof. Green has filled his place admirably, and 

 the meeting has passed off in a perfectly successful manner. There 

 is one thing I am pleased to see, and tbat is that we have more of 

 the young element with us this time than I think I have noticed at 

 any previous meeting. These are the people we must fall back on ; 

 we cannot always lead ; and we are depending upon you t'o follow, 

 which you must before very long. As far as horticulture is con- 

 cerned in the state of Minnesota the progress of the same is cer- 

 tainlv an evidence of the faithful work of the fruit grower. He 



