JOURNAL OF ANNUAL MEETING, I9O3. 495 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : We will now take up a report that was deferred 

 from yesterday morning, the report on the ornamental list, and as 

 the chairman, Mrs. Underwood, is not present I will ask Judge 

 Moyer to make the report. 



The "Report of the Committee on Ornamental List" was then 

 submitted by Mr. L. R. Moyer. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : I wish to introduce to you a gentleman who 

 is well known to many of you. Over in Wisconsin they have a 

 secretary that is able to hold the "cranky" fellows well in hand, and 

 we would all like to know a man who is able to do that. We would 

 like to hear from Mr. Herbst. 



Mr. J. L. Herbst (Wis.) : I did not come up here with the idea 

 of making any speech at all, because I, somewhat like your secre- 

 tary, am very modest and retiring when I am away from home. 

 There is one thing that impressed me particularly when I came into 

 the room yesterday afternoon, and that is the great number of young 

 faces in the audience. It has always been a question with me what 

 we would do when such men as Philips, Yahnke, Kellogg and other 

 good and great-hearted men are gone. I am glad to note that your 

 society as well as the Wisconsin society is exerting its influence 

 in the direction of drawing in the younger element. I am sorry I 

 did not get up here a little earlier. I understood there were several 

 prominent Wisconsin horticulturists coming up here, and I mis- 

 trusted there was something wrong. Some time ago your secretary 

 asked me what we did in Wisconsin when they talked too long. I 

 told him we shut them off. I imagine Kellogg and Philips and 

 Barnes came up here because they thought since they were visitors 

 they could talk as much as they pleased, and they would not be shut 

 off. Then I imagine they are up here for another purpose also. 

 Every winter at our sj;ate winter meeting they always have a nice 

 display of fruit. I was down stairs looking over your display of 

 fruit, and I think I shall stay to see that none of those apples are 

 lugged off. That is all I have to say. (Laughter and applause.) 



The Chairman : We are very glad to hear from Mr. Herbst, and 

 glad to see so many of our Wisconsin friends. 



We did not have time yesterday to take up Mr. Latham's paper 

 dealing with the horticultural exhibit at the St. Louis exposition, but 

 I think right now is a good time to hear from Mr. Latham. 



Secretary A. W. Latham then made a detailed statement con- 

 cerning "The Minnesota Horticultural Exhibit at the Coming 

 World's Fair at St. Louis." (See index.) 



♦ The Chairman : I am going to call on the committee on seedling 

 fruits for a report. Since Mr. Elliot is unable to be here this morn- 

 ing I am going to ask Mr. Strand to read that report. 



The "Report of the Committee on Seedling Fruits" was read by 

 Mr. Geo. Strand in the absence of the chairman, Mr. Elliot. (See 

 index.) 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : I see Mr. Gregg is now present, and I shall ask 

 him to read his paper. Mr. Gregg knows what he is talking about 



