SUMMER MEETING, I903. 259 



brought by the liberahty of the exhibitors for use upon the tables, 

 there was still left such a large display of strawberries that the 

 judges before getting to work suggested that it would be easier to 

 do the judging- if everj^thing were removed from the tables but the 

 single plates and were surprised to be informed that all the berries 

 left in the room at that time were single plate entries. It was a 

 magnificent show, and the society and state may well be proud of 

 it. The premium list following this, will tell the story in detail. 



At the time of judging the strawberries selections were made 

 from those taking the premiums to be used for putting up in glass 

 cans in preparation for the horticultural exhibit at the St. Louis 

 exposition the coming year. Something like sixty plates were set 

 aside for this purpose. 



Considering the lateness of the date of holding the meeting the 

 rose exhibit was unusually fine, a very large proportion of varieties 

 being practically out of flower. Notwithstanding this there were 

 many entries for roses, and they were well up to the average of such 

 occasions. As usual the most of the roses were displayed by the 

 Jewell Nursery Company. With the exception of half a dozen en- 

 tries no peonies were shown, the date being very late for them. 



A picnic dinner was served at the usual hour, and there were 

 strawberries enough to go round and to spare without touching the 

 single plate exhibits, which were not judged until after dinner. 



The unusual amount of work in the fruit room made a little de- 

 lay in convening for the afternoon program, which was taken up 

 about three o'clock. Dean Liggett greeted the meeting at the open- 

 ing of the session in his usual hearty way, to which President 

 Wedge responded briefly with expressions of sympathetic interest in 

 the work of the station and the Agricultural School, which have al- 

 ways made it so pleasant for us to gather there. 



The only paper presented was a carefully prepared article by 

 Prof. F. L. Washburn, the State Entomologist, on "Our Birds from 

 an Economic Standpoint." Prof, Washburn read only a part of 

 this valuable and practical paper, but it will appear in its entirety in 

 an early number of the Minnesota Horticulturist. He had a fine 

 collection of stuffed specimens of birds on the table, about which he 

 talked in an interesting way, exhibiting the various specimens to the 

 audience and speaking about their peculiarities, interspersing this 

 with short readings from the paper. 



Prof. S. B. Green spoke briefly in regard to the improvements 

 on the grounds around the station buildings. He referred specially 

 to a tent used there for the purpose of smoking lice-infested trees, 

 one of which was to be seen in place near that building, and some 



