464 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The President : Next I am going to call on my good friend, 

 Capt. Reed. We have not heard much from him in this meeting. 



Capt. A. H, Reed : I think I ought to be congratulated because 

 I have kept my seat and not said much. I told Secretary Latham I 

 had a crow to pick with him because he would not credit our 

 auxiliary members to those fellows who sent in names. I want to 

 give notice that if he does not credit them up this year, I am going 

 to move to take the headquarters down to the new capitol next 

 year. (Laughter and applause.) 



The President: Now, we are going to hear from John Cum- 

 mins. He read a paper here the other day and now we are going 

 to get him up here to make an extemporaneous speech. 



Mr. John Cummins : If the president called on me to do some 

 work, I could have done it. I have been a member of this so- 

 ciety for fifteen years, but have grown apples since 1858, and will 

 try to do all I can as long as I am able. Now, I hope the president 

 will excuse me. 



The President : We did not expect anything longer than that ; 

 if any one sits down by the side of )^ou you can talk very enter- 

 tainingly, but if you stand on your feet you don't feel at home. 

 I am going to call on Nils Anderson. He is a valuable man in 

 our society, but we do not often hear from him. 



Mr. Nils Anderson : I have but a few words to say, and it 

 will not take me a great while to say them. I have been a mem- 

 ber of this society for quite a few years, but have attended the 

 meetings only two or three times, but it seems now as if nothing 

 could keep me at home after this. (Applause.) 



The President : That is a good speech, Mr. Anderson. Now, 

 I am going to call on Mr. Terry. For a number of years he came 

 out to our meetings and took a good deal of interest in them, and 

 we are very glad to see him here again. 



Mr. Alfred Terry: I think it was over twenty years ago that 

 I first attended these meetings when they were held in the old 

 Market House. I wish you could have seen my home at that time 

 and see it now. I consider the beauty of my home is largely the 

 product of this association. I always tried to transmit some of the 

 things I was told here to our people in our county, and I am glad 

 to say that there has been a change there. They are growing apples 

 and are improving their homes, and I think it can all be traced to 

 the work of this society. (Applause.) 



The President : Now, I am going to call on two or three ladies, 

 and first I am going to call on Mrs. Underwood. She has not 

 spoken at any of the meetings of the horticultural society proper. 



Mrs. Anna B. Underwood : I have not had an opportunity to 

 say anything for the reason that the gentlemen monopolized all 

 the time. I am glad that the chairman has given me an opportunity 



