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the chair as president of this society. At the same time I feel as 

 though it were for the interest of the society, and I have no doubt it 

 will be for me, as it will give me an opportunity to sit as an ordinary 

 member and take part in the deliberations, which is an opportunity 

 I have not had in the past six years. I would say to every member 

 of the society that is here or absent, that you have always given me 

 your most hearty and cordial support, and I wish to thank you from 

 the bottom of my heart for all the kindness you have shown me, and 

 I shall continue to work with you for the best interests of the 

 society. 



On motion of Secretary Latham the delegates and visitors 

 from societies in adjoining states were made honorary members 

 for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Barnes, (Wis.): I wish to express our thanks for the kindness 

 and courtesy that has been shown us by the members of this society. 

 It has afforded me great pleasure, indeed, to meet with you and be- 

 come acquainted with you, as I never had the pleasure of meeting 

 with you before, and this is my first visit to this portion of your 

 state. I hope it will not be the last time I may be able to meet with 

 you, and I hope to become a life member before I die. I want to ex- 

 tend to you a cordial invitation to visit our societies in Wisconsin 

 at any time when the meetings may be held. 



Mr. A. F. Bray ton: I have just returned from an eight 

 thousand mile journey. I have been through British Columbia, 

 Washington, Oregon and California, through Old Mexico, New 

 Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. I have lived in Minneapolis forty 

 years, and I want to say to you we ought to be thankful we 

 are not living on the Pacific coast, as fruit there is no compari- 

 son in flavor with anything we have here. Mr. Elliot spoke 

 about the way they preserved their apples there. He is right; 

 in Santa Cruz they put them in piles and never barrel them up 

 at all. I spent two months in Los Angeles, and they fed me on 

 the biggest strawberries I ever saw, without any flavor, and I 

 decided that Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois were the 

 best places on earth to live. (Applause. ) 



Mr. J. S. Harris, as chairman of the committee on obituaries, 

 presented the following report: (See index.) 



Secretary Latham introduced the following resolution: 



Resolved, That the Minnesota State Horticultural Society heartily 

 endorses the efforts of the Board of Regents to increase the facilities 

 for instruction in horticulture and forestry at the School of Agricul- 

 ture, and hereby urges the coming legislature to make an appropia- 

 tion of $35,000 for constructing and equipping a building for 

 horticulture, forestry, botany and physics. 



The Secretary: This resolution has to do with a prime 

 necessity at the state farm school. We made an effort two 



