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cations arising from Indian allotments, flowage rights and other 

 causes, can be adjusted. 



Let the Women's Federation of Clubs remember with pride the 

 part they played in this great work, and let it be an incentive to 

 them never to be discouraged in any effort for reform, knowing 

 that perseverance, moderation and truth will win in the future as 

 in the past. And let the citizens of our state remember that this 

 National Forest Reserve is of their ordering, and that the benefits 

 of forestry and recreation thus secured will redound largely to their 

 advancement and prosperity. 



MEADOW YALE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



F, J. KEASIvING, EI,K RIVER, SECRETARY. 



The Meadow Vale Horticultural Society held its annual meeting 

 and election of officers March 4, 1903. 



Officers elected as follows: President, Andrew I. Engbretsen; 

 vice-president, Albert Heath; secretary and treasurer, F. J. Keas- 

 ling; executive board, Mrs. F. R. Hill, Mrs. Minnie A. Hill, E. Mor- 

 gan. 



Quite an interest is shown in this locality in the raising of fruit. 

 Our home nurseryman, A. W. Keays, can sell right at home all the 

 stock he can raise and then cannot supply the demand. 



There are some new things of merit in this locality. One is a 

 seedling crab which is in perfect condition at the date of this meet- 

 ing. The outcome of this crab is watched with interest, as it is 

 hardy, free from blight and of good size and quality. 



Also the "Gray plum" is thought by some to be equal to some of 

 the standard varieties or even better. 



Strawberries the past season were an immense crop, especially 

 at the home of the writer. We consider Splendid, Lovett and War- 

 field about the best varieties for this section and for the farmer. 



The Best Kind of Annuals —First and last, I have grown practically 

 every annual offered in the American trade, says Professor L. H. Baily in 

 Country Life in America. It is surprising how few of the uncommon or little- 

 known sorts really have great merit for general purposes. Thereis nothing yet 

 to take place of the old-time groups, such as amaranths, zinnias, calendulas, 

 daturas, balsams, annual pinks, candytufts, bachelor's buttons, wallflowers, 

 gilias, larkspurs, petunias, gaillardias, snapdragons, cockscombs, lobelias, core- 

 opsis, or calliopsis, California poppies, four-o'clocks, sweet sultans, phloxes, 

 mignonettes, scabiosas, dwarf nasturtiums, marigolds, China asters, sa]piglos- 

 sis, nicotianas, pansies.portulacas, castor beans, poppies, sunflowers, verbenas, 

 stocks, alyssums, and such good old running plants as scarlet runners, sweet 

 peas, convolvuluses, impomaas, nasturtiums, balloon vines, cobeas. 



