484 MINNESOTA STATh. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. C. E. Older, chairman of the committee on credentials, 

 submitted a report showing the following gentlemen present with 

 proper credentials as delegates from state and auxiliary organiza- 

 tions : Wisconsin. Geo. J. Kellogg; Iowa. C. F. Gardner; South 

 Dakota. M. J. DeWolf, Geo. H. Whiting. Prof. N. E. Hansen; 

 Nebraska. Rev. C. E. Harrison ; Kandiyohi Auxiliary, John \\ ick- 

 lund : \\'estern Canada. Wm. G. Scott, \Mnnipeg. 



The Chairman : At this time I shall take pleasure in intro- 

 ducing to the society the delegates and visitors who have been 

 referred to in the report of the committeee on credentials. I shall 

 call upon them to appear before the society so we may know what 

 they look like, and we shall ask them for a few words of greeting. 

 I will first call upon ]\Ir. Chas. F. Gardner, of Iowa, who is usually- 

 present at our meetings, and whom we are always very glad to 

 welcome. 



2\Ir. C. F. Gardner (Iowa) : ]Mr. President, Ladies and Gen- 

 tlemen : It always does me good to come up here and meet with 

 the [Minnesota horticulturists. I first commenced attending these 

 meetings the year the society met at Lake City. I have attended 

 every meeting since w^ith the exception of two, when I was absent 

 from this part of the country, being in Xew ^^lexico. I could not 

 get up here very well at that time. I was somewhat amused when 

 I was on my way up here from Iowa yesterday. I met a gen- 

 tleman on the train who lives here in ^Minneapolis. In some way 

 he found out that I was interested in the nurserv business. He 

 wanted to know wh}- evergreens could not be grown in Minneapo- 

 lis. I said to him: "I can show you as nice evergreens as you 

 ever saw in your life right in [Minneapolis." He said he would 

 like to know where they were. I told him of some five or six 

 places, and I spoke to him about the agricultural school between 

 here and St. Paul, and I told him he ought to see Prof. Green's 

 grounds and see if it didn't look as though evergeens grew here. 

 I then asked him if he ever attended a meeting of the Minnesota 

 horticultural society. He said he had not, and I told him I wanted 

 him to attend this meeting, and he would learn a whole lot that he 

 didn't know before. That man lives right here in [Minneapolis. 

 He did know there w'as such a society as this, but he never attended 

 any of the meetings. I told him he had better come over to the 

 First L^nitarian Church, go down in the basement and see what 

 those people are doing, and I hope that man will come here and 

 have his eyes opened. I could talk four or five hours on some of 

 these subjects when I get started, but I will only say I am glad 

 to be here and know I shall enjoy the meeting. 



The Chairman : We are always glad to hear from our friend 

 Gardner. N^ow. next I want to call on Mr. Wicklund. Mr. Wick- 

 lund is from this state and represents the Willmar Horticultural 

 Society, which is an auxiliary of this society. 



[\Ir. John Wicklund : [Mr. President and Gentlemen : I feel 

 very happy to be here today. It is the first time I have ever at- 



