28 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1901, 

 IOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. W. LATHAM, DELEGATE. 



The writer had the pleasure of attending the annual meeting 

 of the Iowa society, in the capacity of a representative of this asso- 

 ciation, the regularly appointed delegate being unable to go. It 

 was a pleasure especially appreciated on account of the fact that 

 this is the first meeting of a state society, other than our own, 

 at which he has been present. Going down Tuesday, Dec. ioth, I 

 was in attendance at the meetings of the nth and 12th inst. The 

 13th inst. is included in the program, but was occupied by the busi- 

 ness meeting of the board of directors. 



The program on Tuesday contained one paper on the subject 

 of apples which I was sorry to have missed, as it was really the 

 only paper having reference to apple culture in the program, and 

 this was a source of regret to me, as I was in hopes to get much 

 information in regard to Iowa orcharding. 



A part of Tuesday was taken up, I understand, in considering 

 the organization of a "Park and Forestry Association," which 

 organization was perfected Wednesday morning. The special work 

 of that association is largely included in the work which our own 

 society is itself doing; forestry as we understand it in Minnesota 

 being the care and renovation of forests instead of planting new 

 forests, which would especially interest our neighbor state. 



Headquarters for those in attendance at the meeting was at' 

 the Kirkwood Hotel, in the heart of the business district, and one 

 mile from the State Capitol, in which the meetings of the society 

 were held. The society has very elegant quarters in the Capitol 

 building. For an office, the room is large, being, I should estimate, 

 some twenty-five feet wide by forty feet long, and proportionately 

 high, although the proportions are so good that the office does not 

 seem very large. The room is richly ornamented and provided 

 with handsome cabinets around the walls containing a fine society 

 library, wax models of fruit and vegetables, some cases of insects, 

 etc. Besides the wall cabinets, there are a number of table cabinets 

 containing wax models of apples also. The room when used as 

 an office must be very pleasant and companionable, and one of 

 which the society may well be proud. 



A very creditable show of late keeping apples was spread in 

 the corridors of the basement, perhaps 300 plates, although this 

 is simply an estimate. I noticed very few of our favorite apple, 

 the Wealthy, there, but a good show of Jonathans and a number 



