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misplaced energy. Acquaintance has deepened into friendship, the 

 heart of the people has been reached, and the state at large recog- 

 nizes the self-sacrificing thoughtfulness and effort of the 

 horticultural missionary. 



The object accomplished of awakening the horticultural life of the 

 community, the society feels that, with added years and growing 

 membership, a well earned reputation at home, as well as abroad, 

 entitles it to the deserved privilege of retiring from the itinerant 

 fraternity. In other words, our society needs a home, and it is now 

 our bounden duty to provide a permanent place where its records 

 may be kept, and where its accumulating library may be stored. 

 Above all, it needs suitable rooms where its annual meetings can 

 beheld. Ample accommodations can now be arranged for in the 

 new state capitol, and by taking advantage of them, the twentieth 

 century will find the society in a home that will reflect credit on the 

 forethought and wisdom of those who provided for it. We have 

 been without a home for thirty-two years, and it is none too soon to 

 agree upon the plans for one. Steadily increasing in number, we 

 must prepare for the accessions of the future. The increasing 

 membership, thus far, is a tribute tp the work accomplished and to 

 the knowledge that has been disseminated through our magazines 

 and annual reports. 



We confidently expect an increase of membership and valuable 

 assistance from a reliable source, the State Farm School. Under 

 the efficient direction of its faculty, intelligence in the work of the 

 students is very noticeable, and their young, healthy blood will 

 impart new vigor to horticulture. With its intelligent corps of 

 instructors and the practical knowledge they impart, our State Farm 

 School is, indeed, an institution in which to feel a just pride. The 

 beautiful location, with its fine buildings and splendid equipment 

 commend it to the attention of young men and women who desire 

 to avail themselves of its many advantages as the best educational 

 institution that the country affords. The modern and improved 

 methods taught there will exalt farming above all other vocations 

 upon earth. 



And now the Woman's Auxiliary of the society is asking for 

 recognition and offering its assistance. What an opportunity it is 

 for us, and who are so well fitted to give counsel in adorning the 

 home? Woman, as queen of the heart, ever loyal in thought and 

 action to home-making, possesses the keen, discriminating faculty 

 that enables her, with simple, homely resources, to convert a home 

 into a veritable paradise. More may be expected when she widens 

 her field of action and concentrates her latent power upon out- 

 of door improvement and adornment. She will call to her aid an 

 invincible phalanx of life and beauty that awaits her command. 

 The flowers all know her as a friend and will spring into new life at 

 her bidding. 



The vast resources of Minnesota are constantly attracting new 

 settlers within her borders. They must be taught the best methods 

 of horticulture, together with all its possibilities, and that for 

 protection and comfort the prairie home should be surrounded with 



