502 minne:sota state horticultural society. 



Judge Moyer accepted the amendment, and the motion being- 

 put to a vote prevailed unanimously. 



The Chairman : Now we will take up a few matters of busi- 

 ness, and the first is the reports of committees. Is the obituary 

 committee ready to report ? 



Judge Moyer, as chairman, then submitted the following "Re- 

 port of the Committee on Obituary," 



The committee did not have opportunity to gather information 

 'in making this report ; however, we will say that among the deaths 

 that have occurred during the past year are those of Prof. J. L. 

 Budd, emeritus professor of the college of agriculture of Iowa, 

 who, ill his great work for the advancement of prairie forestry, 

 is known to all of us, and whose death is a loss to all of us. 



Also the death of A. G. Tuttle. who was a pioneer in the state 

 of Wisconsin, in whose orchard the first Russian apples were 

 planted, and in whom we have lost a leading spirit in this work of 

 horticulture. 



We have also learned of the death of S. D. Hillman. who for 

 five years was secretary of this society in its early days and who was 

 known to many of you perhaps. 



We have also heard of the death of Mrs. Kennedy, who 

 formerly lived at Hutchinson and who was an enthusiastic hor- 

 ticulturist and who always attended these meetings up to a few 

 years ago. 



There are doubtless other members who have died during the 

 year whose names have not .been reported to the committee, but 

 whom the committee would like to hear about so that a suitable 

 obituary notice may be prepared and published in the record. 



The Chairman : This report will be published in the proceed- 

 ings. There is one more committee to report, that on final resolu- 

 tions, of which Mr. Bacheller is chairman. 



Mr. T. T. Bacheller, as chairman, then presented the "Re- 

 port of the Committee on Final Resolutions." 



Your committee would respectfully submit the following reso- 

 lutions in behalf of the meetinsr: 



Resolved: That we are under sincere obligations to the Twin 

 City Telephone Company for installing a telephone at our place 

 of meeting and maintaining it without expense to the society. 



Resolved: That we hereby tender our thanks to the Cable 

 Piano Co., for the use of the instrument loaned for this occasion, 

 and to the musicians whose personal services added to the en- 

 joyment of some of our sessions. 



Resohfed: That our thanks are due to the St. Cloud Re- 

 formatory for the beautiful display of crysanthemums contributed 

 and that we most earnestly commend the management of that 

 institution for its influence in that section, in stimulating hor- 

 ticultural efifort. 



Resolved: That our obligations are also due to Hon. C. M. 

 Loring and to Mr. Roy Underwood, for their entertaining stereopti- 



