ANNUAL MEETING, I9O2. 493 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



In the absence of the president the meeting was called to order 

 at I :45, by the first vice-president, Mr. Jno. Freeman. 



The Chairman : I hope you will assist me in keeping our pro- 

 gram on time so we will not encroach on the time of the ladies. 

 The first in order is a paper by Mr. Baldwin on celery culture. 



Mr. H. J. Baldwin, of Northfield, read a paper entitled, "Ten 

 Years' Experience in Celery Culture." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : I think we have given all the time we can spare 

 to this subject, and now the next in oraer is a paper describing the 

 construction of a root house, by Mr. Marsh. 



Mr. F. L. Marsh, of Champlin, then read a paper on "The Con- 

 struction of the Root House." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



President Pendergast at this point assumed the chair and an- 

 nounced the next paper on the program, "Observations of a Com- 

 mercial Traveler," by C B. Clark, Minneapolis." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : Now we are going to have a paper by Prof. 

 Hays, and as he is not present I will ask some one to read it. 



Mr. A. J. Philips then read a paper written by Prof. W. M. 

 Hays, of St. Anthony Park, on the subject of "Breeding Legumin- 

 ous Plants." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



Now Mr. Wilfert has promised to give us something further in 

 regard to his remedy for winter-killing and his way of growing big 

 apples, and we will give him a few minutes to tell us about it. 



Mr. Andrew Wilfert, of Cleveland, then read the "Denouement" 

 of his subject of the previous day. (See index.) 



The President : This is the sequel to the paper read by Mr. Wil- 

 fert yesterday as to how to protect trees from winter-killing, and 

 he has made some further experiments since yesterday. 



The program being completed an intermission of ten minutes 

 was announced by the president. 



WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. 



The joint session with the Woman's Auxiliary was called to 

 order by the president. Miss Emma \'. White, at 3 :oo o'clock. 



The President : The ladies are very glad to appear before the 

 society again this year, and we hope to prove by our program that 

 there is some reason for the existence of a woman's auxiliary to the 

 horticultural society. We cannot talk to you about celery growing, 

 and we do not know very much about root houses, and we are not 

 very well informed concerning leguminous plants, but we shall try 

 to talk to you on subjects that we hope will interest and entertain 

 you. I will first introduce to you our secretary who will make a 

 report of the work we have done the past year and which will give 

 vou an idea of what we are trying to do. 



