314 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Sen. S. A. Stockwell was called upon without notice and proved 

 himself equal to the emergency, saying some very pleasant things 

 about the organization and the useful work it is doing. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge, our late president, spoke briefly of "spe- 

 cial horticultural work" of the season, noting its peculiarities and 

 some of the results of it, and referring to new experiences in spray- 

 ing, etc. 



Mr. E. Nagel of Minneapolis, a veteran florist and one of our old 

 life members, spoke interestingly of the perennial flowers on exhibi- 

 tion, to which he had been devoting several hours in passing upon as 

 judge. 



' No meeting would be complete without a word from Mr. Wyman 

 Elliot, and he had his seedling gooseberry, the Carrie, there to hold 

 up and demonstrate by its appearance its wonderful productiveness. 

 Mr. Elliot showed an orange from the grove of Truman M. Smith, 

 of Santiago, Cal., one of the most honored members of our society 

 and who held the office of presidency in the early days for a large 

 number of years. Though now an old man over eighty, he is still ac- 

 tively engaged in growing fruit in that far away region. We were in- 

 terested in hearing this word from one of the older members whom 

 we love and know so well. Mr. Elliot spoke also of the fruit breed- 

 ing farm that is soon to be purchased by the state university, to be 

 operated through the horticultural department, under the manage- 

 ment of Prof. S. B. Green 



Mr. A. Brackett, of Excelsior, had a wonderfully thrifty seedling 

 strawberry plant, with fruit hanging thereon, to show and emphasize 

 the necessity of securing such a berry that would winter with cer- 

 tainty without protection. 



Mrs. Rohan was called forward by the presiding officer to speak 

 briefly of a seedling strawberry she raised from seed taken from 

 berries secured at this meeting a year ago and now in bearing. 



Mr, Geo. W. Strand, of Taylors Falls, our treasurer, talked in a 

 practical way about some of the perennials on exhibition, displaying 

 the flowers at the same time and giving us valuable pointers as to 

 their cultivation. 



Rev. C. S. Harrison, referred to as the "silver tongued orator,'' 

 ])aid a beautiful tribute to the memory of our lately deceased broth- 

 er, Mr. Frank Yahnke. He told us in glowing words of the beauty 

 of many of the flowers which can be grown in this region and left 

 us with a full realization of the wonderful heritage of beauty which 

 belongs to each one of us if we but claim it. 



Prof. Washburn, entomologist of the station, spoke of the use of 

 Bordeaux mixture and the experiments being carried on in spraying 



