ANNUAL MEETING, I9O4, MINN. STATE EORT. SOCIETY. 5 



pointed delegate, Secretary Frederick Cranefield, being unable 

 to attend. Prof. A. T. Erwin, from the Iowa Agricultural School, 

 represented the Iowa State Society and spent the first two days 

 of the meeting with us. Mr. J. C. Ferris of Hampton, Iowa, was 

 present as delegate from the Northeastern Iowa Society and was 

 there throughout the meeting except the first day. Mr. C. S. 

 Harrison, who is a life member of this society, was present also 

 as the representative of the Nebraska Horticultural Society. All 

 of these gentlemen took an active part in the sessions and added 

 greatly to their interest. 



The program as published was very closely adhered to, there 

 being scarcely any absentees. With the exception of the session 

 on Wednesday morning, devoted to the annual reports, the entire 

 program of each session was carried out practically as an- 

 nounced, no topic being carried forward to a subsequent session. 

 A notable exception to this though was the omission of a talk we 

 were to have had from Prof. Green concerning a recent trip to 

 the west and north. He insisted on leaving it out rather than 

 shorten the time allotted to the forestry session. We shall ex- 

 pect to hear from Prof. Green on this subject through our 

 columns. 



The Woman's Auxiliary as usual gave us a ver}^ rich program, 

 including some features not previously announced. The pro- 

 gram of the Forestry Association was given in its entirety with- 

 out a single omission. A report of the latter association is to be 

 found in this issue of our monthly. 



The social reunion of the ladies of the horticultural society, 

 tendered by Mrs. Chas. M. Loring, on account of sickness in her 

 home was held instead at the residence of Mrs. M. M. Barnard, 

 805 Seventh street S. E. Considering the late date of an- 

 nouncing this there was a good attendance at the reunion and a 

 very pleasant time was had there. This is a good opportunity to 

 emphasize the desirability of a larger attendance of the wives 

 of the members and other ladies at our annual meeting. At most 

 of the sessions there was a liberal showing of ladies present, but 

 a still larger attendance is very much to be desired. 



Plenty of time was allowed for discussions in connection with 

 most of the papers presented, and these of course will all appear 

 in the various numbers of the Horticulturist throughout the year. 



The election of officers as usual was something to be gotten 

 through with in a hurry and make way for what the members 

 of our society evidently consider of much greater importance, 

 the discussion of some of the thousand horticultural topics con- 



