500 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



"Lessons of Observation and Experience in Horticulture." (See 

 index.) 



The President : This is a very useful topic and one we would 

 like to discuss at this time, but in order to keep up with the program 

 we must hasten along. We will here take up a subject that was 

 passed yesterday, but in which we are all interested, and that is the 

 report of our exhibit at the World's Fair. I will ask Mr. Latham to 

 read his paper now. 



Mr. A. W. Latham then read a paper describing the "Minnesota 

 Fruit Exhibit at the World's Fair." (See index.) 



Mr. Wyman Elliot: Mr. President and friends, I beHeve Mr. 

 Latham recognizes the faithful service that was rendered at the 

 World's Fair by the members, and also by some of those in charge, 

 and I have a resolution here which I want to introduce and, perhaps 

 speak about afterward : 



"Resolved, That in a large measure our great success in the 

 award of medals has been attained through the very efficient and 

 faithful attention given to the many mmor details pertaining to 

 the care and oversight of our fruit exhibit at the Louisana 

 Purchase Expositon, and if such painstaking efforts are worthy 

 of any recognition we believe the services rendered by Mr. 

 ■ Thomas Redpath in placing for exhibition the greater propor- 

 tion of the Minnesota fruits on the tables and making the proper 

 entries of the same should be recognized by our society by mani- 

 festing its appreciation and esteem In some suitable and sub 

 stantial manner." 

 Now, Mr. President, I have been somewhat interested in Mr, 

 Redpath for about twenty years, and perhaps there are none among 

 us that know him as well as I do. He is one of the most faithful 

 men I ever had in my employ. He worked for me seven years and 

 then I was the means of placing him on his present place, when he 

 got married, and he has been on the farm on which he now lives 

 for thirteen yeacs. Of course, I know something of what is in the 

 man, but he is of such a diffident nature that I can hardly ever get 

 him to come out and do anything, but I was the means of getting 

 him connected with our horticultural society and our state fair, and 

 he has been progressing from year to year, and year before last the 

 commission "thought best to send him to Buffalo to take care of the 

 exhibit there. They found the services he had rendered there were 

 so eminently satisfactory that the consequence vvas he was asked 

 to go to St. Louis. Mr. Redpath has been at St. Louis since last 

 April and put his time in constantly ; he has hardly been away from 

 the horticultural building long enough to see what was on the 

 grounds. Now I believe you all agree with me that we should 

 recognize such faithful service, and I have been around among the 

 friends and they have been contributing liberally toward providing 

 him with some token of our appreciation. Now, if there is any one 

 here who feels he can contribute a half dollar, a dollar or two or 

 three dollars T will receive it, and it will be r.pplied in the proper way. 

 Mr. T- M. Underwood : I take pleasure in seconding all that has 



