Secretary's ^ori^er. 



Bring a Peck of Wealthys to the Meeting. — Don't neglect to 

 pick out a peck of the best Wealthys in your cellar and bring to the 

 annual meeting. You may or may not win the prize offered, but 

 you will be sure to help on the good time we shall have sampling 

 them. 



The Beekeepers Meet with Us.— As usual, the State Beekeepers' 

 Association will hold their annual meeting at the same time and 

 place as the horticultural society. They are a lively crowd in them- 

 selves, but wherever up against the forestry people and horticultur- 

 ists under one roof there is bound to be a busy time. 



Annual Meeting, Minnesota State Forestry Association. — 

 This organization has changed the date of their annual meeting to 

 bring it at the same time as that of the horticultural societ}'-, and it 

 will be held this year also at the same place, and one session of our 

 our society will be taken up with topics relating to forestry, to be 

 treated by members of that association. This arrangement will, we 

 are sure, be mutually helpful. 



Lecturer on Horticulture at Farmers' Institute— Hon 

 A, K. Bush, of Dover, will occupy the post of lecturer on horticulture 

 with the farmers' institute the coming winter course. It will be re- 

 membered that Mr. Bush filled this position very acceptably two 

 years since. Last winter he served our cause equally well as a 

 member of the lower house. Our readers may expect to hear from 

 him through the Horticulturist when the work opens. 



The Secretary's Library and Office Open Evenings.- To 

 give visiting members an opportunity to examine the library of the 

 society and meet the officers of the society at their official home, 

 arrangements will be made to keep the office open evenings during 

 the continuance of the annual meeting. The office is not too large 

 to prevent sociability, has plenty of chairs and is well lighted. 

 Don't miss this opportunity to drop in and see how it is done. 



Annual Meeting of Our Society.— The first Tuesday of Decem- 

 ber, which according to our constitution is the date of our annual 

 meeting, falls this year on Dec. 5th. The meeting will be held in 

 Minneapolis and continue in session four days. In general it 

 will be a counterpart of the preceding meeting with a change 

 of topics and speakers. Of one thing be sure, we shall have a large 

 and enthusiastic meeting, and no one who can attend should fail to 

 be there. 



Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society Meeting.— The 

 next annual meeting of this society will be held at Cresco, Iowa, 

 November 26th, 27th and 28th. Mr. F. E. Fryer, of Mantorville, has 

 been selected to represent this society. As the place of meeting is 

 to be so near the border line of our state, it is likely that a number 

 of our members may find it convenient to attend, and we hope they 

 may while there succeed in enticing some of the Iowa brethren to 

 our coming annual meeting. 



