ANNUAL MEETING, I9O4, MINN. STATE HORT. SOCIETY. 7 



is, I believe, the largest exhibit ever made by the horticultural 

 society and, according to the statement of a member from 

 abroad, the finest exhibit of fruit ever made at such a meeting 

 in his knowledge. It is certainly a showing of which the society 

 may well be proud, and yet how few of the residents of Minne- 

 apolis saw this magnificent show, which was well advertised in 

 the papers ! Evidently the people generally believe that the 

 horticultural society is well able to run this business without 

 their help. The total amount of premiums awarded is $198.20. 

 Details as to this may be had by consulting the list of awards 

 as published immediately following this report. 



The annual banquet as usual was the special feature of the 

 meeting, and those who attended it in speaking of it say it was 

 the "best of all." It certainly was in point of members, as 129 

 participated, filling the entire hall in the Y. W. C. A. building, 

 where we were entertained. Each one who took part on the 

 program following the supper acquitted himself so admirably 

 that it would be invidious to refer to any particular effort. With 

 the exception of the first number, a violin solo, every part was- 

 taken as arranged, and in addition Mr. A. J. Philips made his 

 usual humorous talk after being called upon the floor by Mr. 

 Frank Yahnke ; and Mrs. Ruth Fillmore rendered in a very 

 pleasing manner a couple of songs which had not previously 

 been planned for. The program for the banquet is here given 



in full: 



Toastmaster Clarence Wedge 



Grace, Rev. C. S. Harrison 



Supper at 6 :30 p. m. 



PROGRAM. 



1. Violin Solo J. W. Shuman 



2. The Hum-"bug," its Life History in the Minor Key, 



Prof. F. L. Washburn 



3. Life a Delusion, from the Standpoint of the Nursery- 



man Thos. E. Cashman 



4. The Incompatibility of the Inexorable or There- 



abouts A. G. Long 



5. Recitation Miss Bessie McKean 



6. Education in Fruit Culture G.eo. S. Innis 



7. Where I "Fell Down," Told in Strict Confidence. . . 



' Dewain Cook 



8. The Boy, the Bulldog, and the Apple Tree, a Fruitful 



Combination Frank Yahnke 



9. A Biography in Song Mrs. Wm. Robertson 



10. Accumulating Years Stimulate the Memory — a 



Glance at the Past Wyman Elliot 



