Secretary's ^ori^er. 



Delegate from Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society. — 

 Mr. Elmer Reeves, president of the Noitheastern Iowa Horticultural Society, 

 is to be present to our coming annual meeting as a representative of that so- 

 ciety. Mr. Reeves has many friends and acquaintances in our ranks, and we 

 shall give him a cordial greeting. 



Farmer's Winter Holiday. — Notice of the coming annual meeting 

 appears in the local papers under this head, and it is a very appropriate one. 

 Why shouldn't the farmer take a holiday and come to town at the winter 

 season as well as the city man take a holiday and go into the country in the 

 summer ? And his wife too ! 



Harris Memorial Tablet. — The bronze memorial tablet which has been 

 engraved in memory of the late John S. Harris, as provided for by the fund 

 raised at the last annual banquet, made possible through the generosity of Mr. 

 S. M. Owen, is now completed and can be seen at the coming annual meeting, 

 after which it will be placed in the horticultural classroom in Horticultural 

 Hall at the State Agricultural College. 



Program of the Annual Meeting. — If you have received a copy of 

 the program and know of any person who you think would be interested to 

 attend send it to that person, as the program is also printed in this number of 

 ^he magazine, and you can secure another copy at the annual meeting. Every 

 member should be the means of interesting at least one other person to attend 

 the meeting, whether he comes himself or not. There ought to be at least one 

 person from each neighborhood in the state who should be interested to meet 

 with us. 



Russian Enonymouns (Burning Bush.) — A Burning Bush received in a 

 collection of Russian plants has proven exceedingly healthy and satisfactory in 

 ^very way. The tree is vigorous and flowers profusely and is covered at this 

 writing with an enormous amount of the delicate pink seed pods which have 

 burst and show the orange red seeds. Nothing could be prettier at any season, 

 and at this time of the year it is especially welcome. We have ha^i it in this 

 satisfactory condition for three successive years 



Experiment Station, Nov. 4, 1903. Samuel B. Green. 



Apples Stored for the St. Louis Exhibit. — About 120 bushels of 

 apples have been placed in cold storage for this purpose, part in Minneapolis 

 and part in St. Louis, and so far are keeping well. If any of the readers 

 have good specimens of Ben Davis or other long keeping apples on hand, 

 Secretary Latham would be glad to know this and secure a quantity for storage. 

 The fruit so stored must keep to be used for exhibition purposes from the time 

 the fair opens. May first, until new apples come again in August. Address A. 

 W L'^tham, 207 Kasota Block, Minneapolis. 



