ANNUAL MEETING, I9O4, MINN. STATE HORT. SOCIETY. 3 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1904, MINNESOTA STATE HORT- 

 ICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. W. LATHAM, SECRETARY. 



The 38th annual meeting of this society convened on Decem- 

 ber 6, 1904, in annual session, under almost ideal conditions. 

 The weather was mild and pleasant, with no show upon the 

 ground to interfere with getting about, and the meeting was 

 held in such pleasant rooms, so specially well adapted to our pur- 

 pose that they could scarcely have been better if they had been 

 constructed purposely for our use. Nor were there any features 

 of the meeting to interfere with entire harmony in its proceed- 

 ings. 



The program as a whole went smoothly, with scarcely a 

 break, as arranged. The session opened on the morning of the 

 first day with an attendance of approximately 150, including 

 in this number a good sized delegation from the School of Agri- 

 culture. These young people have for some years met with us, 

 especially at the first session of our annual meetings, and in 

 smaller numbers at every other session, and their presence is a 

 most welcome addition to the audience. The attendance was 

 well maintained, running from 150 to 200 throughout all the ses- 

 sions of the meeting, and especially on the last day, and in the 

 afternoon session of the last day, that in many organizations is 

 a time when the attendance drops ofif, there was a maximum at- 

 tendance, upwards of 200 participating in what proved to be the 

 most interesting one of the sessions. The plan pursued of pro- 

 viding an especially good program for the first and last sessions 

 of the meeting works well in practice in getting our members out 

 early and holding them till the close of the meeting. 



The most important criticism that occurs to the writer as to 

 the general movement of the meeting is that the members are 

 not commendably prompt in being at the meetings when called. 

 As the program of these meetings is always very full and re- 

 quires the full time arranged to complete the work of each ses- 

 sion properly, it is especially important that the members should 

 be in their seats promptly when the meeting opens. 



Not quite as many delegates from other states as usual were 

 present this year. Prof. N. E. Hansen was there during the en- 

 tire meeting, representing the South Dakota Horticultural So- 

 ciety; Prof. C. B. Waldron, representing the North Dakota Hor- 

 ticultural Society, spent half a day with us. Mr. A. J. Philips 

 was the only representative from Wisconsin, the regularly ap- 



