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and Village Improvement Committee," as given by the chairman. 

 Mrs. R. L. Gale, St. Cloud. 



An improvement league should be formed in every town, village 

 or country neighborhood. Plans for work should be decided upon, 

 and the best method for carrying them out should be thoroughly 

 discussed. The spring months are so full of the hurry and rush of 

 re-awaking life with its attendant labors that not much can be ac- 

 complished in planning, so these quiet winter months should be 

 taken for that purpose. The secretary will be very glad to answer 

 all questions, and render all assistance possible to any one inter- 

 ested in taking up the work. 



REPORT OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY. 



(Made at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 1898.) 

 MISS E. V. WHITE, PRESIDENT. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:— The movement of the 

 Women's Auxiliary is still in the incipient stage, and we have very 

 little to report. We hope to have it in working order in anotheryear 

 and be more in evidence than we are at this time. A year ago, on 

 the recommendation of your president, a resolution was adopted to 

 the effect that the Women's Auxiliary be organized. In pursuance 

 of that resolution the ladies who were in attendance at the summer 

 meeting, at the State Experiment Station, met and effected a tem- 

 porary organization, which organization is still in force, as we have 

 not yet had our annual business meeting. We have however out- 

 lined in our own thoughts what should be the object of this organ- 

 ization. The object is to work along lines somewhat like these: 

 village improvement; decoration of school grounds and home 

 grounds, especially in the country and in villages; the relation of 

 horticulture to domestic economy; possibly park and cemetery 

 work, also to work in affiliation with the State Federation of Women's 

 Clubs. In order to do that, it was necessary to organize as a special 

 body. They have one department devoted to country and village 

 work, and it is to affiliate with them, in that line especially, that we 

 hope to accomplish something. We also hope that we may be an 

 aid to the horticultural society in any way that we can be of assist- 

 ance to you. 



I think, Mr. President, this is all I have to report at this time. 



Mr. Hartwell, (111.): I am a foreigner at this meeting, and 

 it has been a matter of wonder to me what the object of this 

 auxiliary may be. What does the auxiliary do? 



The President: In the state of Minnesota there is a large 

 amount of work being done by women. They have a federa- 

 tion of women's clubs, and they are organized in such a way 

 that the men are not allowed there, and in order to bring the 

 work of our horticultural society in touch with that organiza- 



