280 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
twenty years’ absence. They number fifty-three, not including several 
of which we already had copies on the shelves and a number not on strictly hor- 
ticultural topics. A list of this valuable contribution will be published later. 
The society is under very much obligation to the donor. 
INFORMATION WANTED OF You!—Have you filled out and mailed to the 
secretary the circular sent you lately to learn many important facts in regard 
to the fruit growing interests in our state? If not you will forward the work 
of the society very much by doing so at once. If you have not received a copy, 
through some mishap, will you please notify the secretary and another will be 
sent you—and the same if your copy is mislaid. Some of our members have 
an idea this circular is intended for nurserymen alone. This is not the case; 
we want a report from every member of the society living in the state. If you 
are not growing nursery stock, omit that part and fill the rest and send it along. 
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ‘‘ VETERANS IN HORTICULTURE.’’—This photo was 
taken by Miller, the Minneapolis photographer, in December, 1897, and con- 
tains most excellent pictures of J.S. Harris, S. H. Kenney, O. M. Lord, Wy- 
man Elliot, E. H. S. Dartt, J. T. Grimes, J. H. Stevens, Ditus Day, J. C. Kra- 
mer and Wm. Mackintosh. For a long time the negative of this plate was lost, 
but it has been found, and copies can be had for $1.00. It isa very large 
picture, 18x26 inches, and will make an appropriate adornment, nicely framed, 
for any of our horticultural friends to have in either parlor or office. The sec- 
retary can furnish a printed slip giving the name$ of those in the group and a 
title ‘‘Veterans in Horticulture’’ to go with the picture. Mr. J. T. Grimes has 
lately ordered three copies in addition to the two previously secured, one of 
which is to be presented to the ‘‘Pioneers’’ and hung in their recently con- 
structed log house on the state fair grounds. Do you want one? 
Ex-SECRETARY CHas. Y. Lacy Canis.—The owner of an unfamiliar face 
presented a hand to ‘‘ye editor’’ and remarked ‘‘my name is Lacy.”’ ‘‘ Chas. 
Y?’’ queried ‘‘ye editor.’’ ‘‘“The same’’ was the response, and we shook hands 
and renewed acquaintance after a separation of twenty years. For about this 
period Mr. Lacy has been a resident of Montana, engaged in the sheep hus- 
bandry, but he has lately disposed of his business there and removed to Long 
Beach, Cal. For five years, 1875-80, he was secretary of this society, and 
might have been yet had not a youthful ambition taken him away from the 
state. During this period he was Professor of Agriculture in the State Univer-. 
sity and was, perhaps, the first to begin practical operations on the farm land 
attached to it. The record of his work in this connection appears in the reports 
to the Board of Regents for those years and as a record of initial efforts is inter- 
esting reading. After a short visit in this city Mr. Lacy has returned to his 
California home. At the age of fifty years, he is still a young appearing man, 
with few gray hairs. We hope to meet again. 
TT aa 
Maj. A. G. Wiicox died suddenly, at his home in Hugo, Minn., on the 
morning of June 6th. He was at the time editor of ‘“The Farmer,’’ secretary 
of the Minnesota Live Stock and Breeders’ Association, and held other posi- 
tions of trust and responsibility. A member of this society'for some years and 
an attendant and worker at our meetings, he had become endeared to all of us 
who had had the opportunity of making his acquaintance. Such a death leaves 
many gaps not easy to fill and many wounds that time alone can heal. 
