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chores. Just then a rift opened up in the clouds about twice as wide 

 as the apparent diameter of the sun, and it threw a pathway across 

 the lake that looked like gold, and a path opened up right in front 

 of me running across the lake to the sun. I ran to the foot of the 

 stairs and said to my son, "Look out of the south chamber and see 

 the sight of your life." I never expect to see such a sunset again. 

 The bar of light shortened and then disapijcared. I never shall forget 

 that sunset. I wish you all could have seen it. 



Mr. T. T. Bacheller, of Minneapolis, then read a paper on the 

 subject of "Garden Experiments." (See index.) 

 Discussion. 



The President : We now come to a feature that is becoming an 

 annual custom, and that is the "chop talk" by Mr. Elliot. We always 

 look fqrward to getting something good out of these talks. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot : I have not had time to look over the paper 

 since it came from the typewriter, and there may be some things 

 in it that I do not want to say. When I started in to give these 

 "chop talks" a few years ago I did not think our secretary was going 

 to make it a regular operation. 



The President : I claim the honor of having started these 

 "chop talks." 



Mr. Elliot: I have not had time to prepare this paper as it 

 should have been prepared. It contains only a few scattered thoughts 

 that I put down at random, and it will hardly do to follow such 

 a paper as Was read by Mr. Harrison. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot then presented a paper entitled "Chop Talk 

 No. 3." (See index.) 

 Discussion. 



The President : I take pleasure in introducmg to you Prof. 

 A . T. Erwin from our sister state, Iowa, who will read a paper upon 

 some problems in tree planting. 



Prof. A. T. Erwin: (Introductory to paper.) I want to extend 

 to you the greetings of the Iowa Horticultural Society. Many of 

 your problems are like our own., and I feel deeply interested in tlic 

 work you are doing. I remember two years ago at the meeting of 

 the American Pomological Society, in Boston, the largest and best 

 exhibit of seedling apples came from the Minnesota Horticultural 

 Society. This fall when the exposition closed at St. Louis it was 

 the general verdict that the best educational exhibit ever brought 

 together was at the exposition, and this v/as especially the case in 

 the exhibits of the horticultural departments of the different states, 

 and I think it should be considered a compliment that the United 

 States government came to your state to select a superintendent. 

 Prof. S. B. Green, for its exhibit. I am pleased to be with you ; 

 I came early, and I expect to stay late. 



Prof. A. T. Erwin then read a paper on the subject of "Some 

 Problems in Prairie Tree Planting," Prof. Erwin being the horti- 

 culturist of the Iowa State Experiment Station. (See index.) 



The President : Prof. Erwin seems to have covered the ground 

 so well that there do not remain any questions to be asked. I will 

 therefore call for the last paper on this morning's program by Mr. 



