ecretary's ^ori^er. 



Delegate from the Iowa Society. — Mr. Eugene Secor, of Forest City, 

 Iowa, is to represent the Iowa State Society at our annual meeting. As he 

 has been with us before and many of us have the pleasure of a personal ac- 

 quaintance, it will be doubly agreeable to have him with us. Mr. Secor is a 

 member of the board of directors of that society. 



Delegate to Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Meeting. — Mr. A. 

 W. Massee, of Albert Lea, will attend the coming annual meeting of the 

 Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society as the representative of our society. 

 The meeting is to be held at Charles City, Iowa, at a date yet to be announced. 

 Heretofore they have been meeting the third week in December, but a 

 change of date is probable. Mr. Massee is president of the Southern Minne- 

 sota society. (Changed to Nov. 20, 21 and 22.) 



Annual Meeting Opens 9:45, Tuesday. Dec. 4Th— and that ought to see 

 every member who can possibly attend in his seat when the gavel announces 

 the moment of opening, which will be 9:45 and not 9:46, as some might think. 

 Promptness is one of the virtues of the horticulturist. Will you be there and 

 on time? There will be some hundreds of people in the hall when the meet- 

 ing opens, we believe, and we want it to include every earnest and interested 

 member ot the society. 



Delegate from the South Dakota Society.— Mr. N. O. P. Syno- 

 ground, of Groton, S. D., president of the South Dakota horticultural society, 

 is to represent that association at our coming annual meeting. We regret 

 very much that Prof. Hansen, Sec'y. of the S. D. society, will not be with us 

 on that occasion, as he has been now for so many years. His stay in Europe 

 is being prolonged, and no one whom we can reach seems to be in a position 

 to tell us when he will return. 



Study the Program. — It will pay you well to do this. If you can't be 

 present at all of the sessions, you will know then what topics you want to hear 

 and what particular features you can least do without. But we believe that its 

 study will do more than that, in showing you the necessity of being present 

 at every session of the meeting. The constant play of thought and variety of 

 topics from session to session will prevent any tiresome sameness. Variety 

 and spice is the order of the annual lay-out. 



Fighting Pear Blight.— Prof. M. B. Waite, the expert of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture on pear blight, we understand, is organizing a special 

 force of five to seven trained ofiScials of the department to spend some time in 

 California this winter studying and experimenting with pear blight. As with 

 us this means "apple" blight, we are certainly equally interested with the 

 California fruit growers as to the results of these researches, which will be 

 reported upon from time to time as they come to our notice. 



