368 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



spray with whale oil soap and water, or kerosene emulsion, from 

 about the 15th to the 20th of July, at which time the young have 

 not become firmly fixed in place nor protected by any cottony cov- 

 ering. 



If this pest continues to increase, I am inclined to think we 

 shall have to use the lime, sulphur and salt compound for winter 

 spraying. This is the material that is found so useful in combat- 

 ingf the scale insects in California and elsewhere. 



HORTICULTURE AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR, 



1905. 



A. W. LATHAM, SECY. 



To speak of the Minnesota State Fair, closing on September 9, 

 1905, as the best one of its kind ever held in Minnesota is not going 

 beyond the limit of plain fact, and a similar statement may be made 

 as to what we may be excused for considering the most important 

 display from an ornamental point of view, in the most attractive 

 building upon the grounds, the Agricultural Building. The changes 

 made in the plan of installation in this building, made possible by its 

 being under the management of one person instead of in several 

 departments as heretofore, resulted in opening it up so that prac- 

 tically the whole interior of the hall could be seen from almost any 

 point therein at a single glance. The partition heretofore existing 

 between the horticultural and agricultural departments was removed, 

 and with one or two exceptions all the high installations were placed 

 against the outside wall of the building, facing inward, and the in- 

 stallations in the body of the hall were low enough to not interfere 

 with the general view of the interior. The hall was profusely 

 decorated throughout with evergreen on the posts and stringers and 

 inside walls, and two thousand yards of evergreen rope were also 

 hung in festoons in all directions throughout this large edifice, ap- 

 proximately 160 feet wide by 240 feet long. The center of 

 the hall was appropriately occupied by an orchestra stand, above 

 which hung a large sized model of Liberty Bell veneered with ten 

 barrels of apples, being part of the exhibit of the Jewell Nursery 

 Co. The remainder of their exhibit appeared below the orchestra 

 stand, being upon graduated shelves extending from the level of 

 the stand to within a few feet of the floor, with an arrangement of 

 mirrors behind each shelf and at an angle above the whole that re- 

 flected very beautifully the 230 glass jars of assorted fruits in natural 

 color, 340 plates of apples, 140 plates of plums, and 56 plates of 

 grapes which went to make up this splendid exhibit. 



