40 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
DISTRIBUTE YoOuR 1899 ‘“‘HorTICULTURISTS.’’—Now that you have received 
the Report for 1899 you have no longer occasion to keep the magazines re- 
ceived during 1899, as they are to be found in the ‘bound’ volume. Give them 
to your friends and neighbors at once, while fresh, and follow the distribution 
up with a little personal work, and you can easily send in one or more new 
members. It should be easy to get new members for what we have to offer 
for $1.00. 
SEND FOR FOLDERS FOR DISTRIBUTION.—The secretary has prepared the 
annual folder for 1900, and it is intended for general distribution. They wil! 
be sent free to anyone for this purpose in any quantity that can be used to ad- 
vantage. The folder is a concise resume of the work of the Society, containing 
the fruit list, list of officers, and concise information as to membership, 
premiums, publications, etc. How many can you use in bringing the member- 
ship up to 1,000 this year? 
PROF. GREEN’S ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES IN THIS YEAR’S MAGAZINES.— 
Prof. S. B. Green, Horticulturist at the Minnesota State Experiment Station, 
has laid his plans to spend the coming summer in Europe studying horti- 
cultural conditions and methods there with the purpose of bringing home 
whatever he can find of value for our own country and especially for the North- 
west. Arrangements have been made with him to furnish a series of illustrated 
articles pertaining to these investigations, Our acquaintance with Prof. Green 
assures us that they will be of exceeding interest. During the months prior to 
his departure he will furnish articles of local interest which will be well illus- 
trated. This alone should make the Horticulturist this year the most valuable 
series we have issued. 
A NEw EDITION OF GREEN’S ““VEGETABLE GARDENING.’’—A new edition 
of this valuable work is just from the press. The changes made are in the 
method of arrangement rather than in the addition of new material. In the 
previous edition, and, indeed, in all other works on this subject with which the 
writer is acquainted, the list of varieties of vegetables is arranged alphabetically; 
but in this new edition they are arranged under classes botanically, and each 
class is preceded with a brief description of its characteristics and the names 
of the principal varieties to be found in it. As a text book, this change will 
greatly improve the work, and it will inconvenience no one, as the index points 
the way easily to any particular variety desired to be found. Have you this 
book? If not you should have it, and what better way to secure it than to send 
in two new members for the society and receive it free for your trouble? For 
sale at this office at $1.25. 
PLANT PREMIUMS FOR ALI, MEMBERS IN 1900.—Arrangements have been 
perfected to send to each member who desires them two premiums of plants. 
This applies to a// new members and also to all old members who renew their 
membership before February 1st—but the application must be made at the time 
of making the remittance. Members who have already renewed can secure 
the premiums by addressing the secretary. The premium list and directions 
for making selections will be found on the inside of the front cover page of the 
January number of the Horticulturist and subsequent numbers during the year. 
The principal object of this distribution is to interest every member in the 
work of éxperimentation being carried on by the society. If this plan meets 
with favor, it will undoubtedly be continued. One of the premiums this year is 
seedlings apple trees raised by Peter M. Gideon. Mr. Gideon left a quantity of 
these grown from selected seed for experimental purposes, and these have, 
fortunately, been secured for this distribution. 
