JOURNAL OP ANNUAL MEETING, Ig06 499 



Value of Shade Trees," (See index.) illustrated by many appro- 

 priate and beautiful lantern slides. 



On motion of Mr. Strand the meeting adjourned. 



FRIDAY MORNING SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Prof. Green, 

 at 9:30 o'clock. 



The chairman : We will devote a portion of the time this 

 morning to a "free parliament."' Mr. Yahnke is to open the dis- 

 cussion this morning on any topic he may see fit, and Mr. Elliot 

 is going to bring up the matter of a new method of grafting. We 

 are now going to hear from Mr. Yahnke. "Free Parliament." 

 (See index.) 



The Chairman : I think the members wnll all be interested in 

 a new method of grafting, and Mr. Elliot will explain the method. 

 It is called the Excelsior method. (Applause.) 



Mr. Elliot : I am only an amateur in the business. 



The Chairman : How long does it take to become a profes- 

 sional ? ( Laughter. ) 



Mr. Wyman Elliot then briefly demonstrated a new method, 

 of grafting as learned at the meeting of the American Pomologi- 

 cal Society. (See index.) 



The Chairman : We have a little left over from the session 

 of yesterday afternoon, and we will take it up in the program of 

 this morning. We have with us from South Dakota Mr. De 

 Wolf, the president of the South Dakota Horticultural Society. 

 We were not able to get to Mr. De Wolf's paper yesterday morn- 

 ing, and we intended to bring it up yesterday afternoon but 

 failed to make connection then also. I hope he will come forward 

 and present his paper and give us some greetings from South 

 Dakota. 



Mr. ]\I. J. De Wolf, of Letcher, S. D.. then presented a paper 

 on the subject of "Pointers in Prairie Orcharding." (See index.) 



Mr. C. M. Loring: Would it be in order to introduce a 

 resolution at this time? We want the influence of the largest 

 horticultural society in the world in this forestry matter. I want 

 to read the resolution presented by Mrs. Williams yesterday at 

 the meeting of the Forestry Association. 



Mr. Loring then presented the following resolution: (See 

 resolution on page 498.) 



On motion of Mr. Loring the resolution was unanimously 

 adopted. 



The Chairman : We will now take up the regular program- 

 for this morning, and I will first call upon Mr. Wright, from whom 

 we always have reason to expect something good. The genera! 

 subject this morning is "Storing and Marketing the Product 

 of the Orchard and Garden." 



Mr. R. A. Wright, of Excelsior, then read a paper dealing 



