6 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1902, MINNESOTA STATE 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. W. I,ATHAM, SECRETARY. 



The thirty-sixth annual meeting of this society opened at 9:30 

 o'clock on the morning of Dec. 2nd with every seat in the hall 

 occupied. An unusually large number of members were in at- 

 tendance, and besides this there were some seventy-five students, 

 brought over from the state agricultural school by Prof. F. D. 

 Tucker, to enjoy the morning program. Those who are interested 

 in noting the order of events in the society during the four days of the 

 meeting have only to consult the program, which will be found on 

 page 475 in the report of the year just closing. With hardly an 

 exception the order provided therein was carried out to the letter, 

 all the papers noted having been presented but two. A number, 

 however, were not read, in a few cases where the writer was absent, 

 but they will appear in due time in the monthly. The two papers 

 referred to which were not there have also been promised to be put 

 to the same use. The discussions at the meetings were also re- 

 ported in full by the society stenographer, and members who were 

 not present to enjoy the great pleasure of attendance will have an 

 opportunity to read in the "Horticulturist" during the coming year 

 practically all that took place. The attendance at the various 

 sessions would average somewhat larger than last year, and the 

 interest was equally great. With the arrangements that had been 

 made for the meeting insuring greater quietness and more attention 

 to visitors and delegates, it is felt that in these respects at least the 

 meeting was more of a success than any preceding one. Volunteer 

 ushers were in attendance at all the sessions, and a large reception 

 committee made it agreeable for visitors and the newer members 

 of the society. 



The full time of the meeting was taken up with the considera- 

 tion of horticultural topics, no business outside of this coming be- 

 fore the meeting with the exception of the election of officers and 

 the adoption of a resolution recommending the passage by the state 

 legislature of a law providing for the inspection of orchards and 

 nurseries within the state. 



The election of officers resulted in an unanimous election of all 

 the candidates whose names were presented. President Pendergast 

 declining to serve the society longer as presiding officer, Mr. Clar- 

 ence Wedge, of Albert Lea, was elected to succeed him. Mr. J. M. 

 Underwood succeeds Mr. Wedge on the executive board and Prof. 

 Green succeeds himself on the same board. A new list of nine vice- 



