Secretary's ^orqer. 



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A Good Showing for the Loudon.— "I set out 50 Louden. They pro- 

 duced 100 quarts the second year. I can speak only good of them." 



G. A., LUNDINE, MiLACA. 



An Auxiliary Society at Willmar. — An auxiliary society with 

 twenty-one members has just been organized at Willmar, Minn., Mr. P. H. 

 Frye being the president and C. C. Selvig the secretary. Two meetings have 

 been held and a constitution adopted. 



Mis-Reported on the Loudon. — In the March "Horticulturist," page 

 94, the reporter makes Mr. J. W. Merritt, of Winona, say, "I would not take 

 the Loudon as a gift," which Mr. Merritt says is a mistake. He says further, 

 •'The Loudon raspberry does splendidly on our heavy clay soil." 



Present Membership in the Society.— At the date of writing, March 

 27th, the annual membership roll stands at 1 438; adding thereto the life mem- 

 bershipof 144 makes the total roUat this time 1582, which is considerably more 

 than a year ago at the same date. With the co-operation of the membership 

 it ought not to be difficult to reach a total of 2,000 this year. 



The Cheney Pi.um In Manitoba. — "I have succeeded in growing apples, 

 crabs and plums here, but one thing surprises me, I find the Cheney plum 

 away ahead the best of all the varieties I have grown, and yet in all your re- 

 ports I scarcely ever see it mentioned; but I notice the DeSoto is highly 

 praised bj' many of your members, but here they taste so acid that no one will 

 use them; the Cheney on the contrary, has no acidity, and is excellent for use." 



H. L. PaTmore, Brandon, Man. 



Good Words for the HorTicui^turist. — A few of the pleasant words 



coming to us: 



"I enjoy the Horticulturist more than I can tell you." 



"I find the Horticulturist a very valuable publication." 



"March issueof the Horticulturist at hand. I am so uiuch pleased with it." 



"I think ever so much of the magazine, and it surely is a great help." 



"This March number is in my estimation the best ever got out. I had 



time this morning to read it, and I did not stop till I had read every word in it." 



A New HorTicui,turist at Iowa Experiment Station. — It is announced 

 that Prof. S. A. Beach will occupy the chair of horticulture in the Iowa College 

 of Agriculture and vState Experiment Station at the opening of the next school 

 year. For the past thirteen years he has filled a similiar position with the 

 New York State Experiment Station with distinguished success. Prof. Beach 

 is an Iowa boy and a graduate of Ames, under the tutelage of Prof. Budd, 

 twenty years ago. After graduation he was connected with the old Silas Wil- 

 son nursery, at Atlantic, la., and later held the position of professor of horti- 

 culture at the Texas station. 



