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affiliate with the congenial members on this side of the Mississippi, 

 and as the delegate from Wisconsin and in behalf of the members 

 of our own society present at this meeting, I want to assure you also 

 that we have been cordially greeted and royally entertained at this 

 meeting and at your banquet, and we had the best of everything, 

 both in a substantial way and in the sentiment of this society 

 during this meeting. I enjoy with you your progress in horticulture. 

 We rejoice with you in your achievements. I think the laurels you 

 have won are of ten times more value and greatly more appreciated 

 than those that are more easily won than you have won yours. I 

 want to thank you for all the good things we have been made the 

 recipients of at your hands. I want to extend an invitation to you 

 all to visit us in our homes in the various parts of the state, and 

 also to visit us in our meeting at Madison in the second week in 

 Februarv. Every single horticultural latch string in the state of 

 Wisconsin hangs on the outside. 



The Chairman: We are very glad to hear these words of 

 appreciation from our Wisconsin friend. We would certainly keenly 

 feel the loss if we were to lose the presence of our genial and valued 

 friends from across the river. We have another delegate present 

 from a sister state, who is not here as an entire stranger, having been 

 with us some years ago, and I take pleasure in calling upon Mr. 

 Collman, of Iowa. 



Mr. A. F. Collman (Iowa) : Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gen- 

 tlemen, I always appreciate a good social time, and I always enjoy 

 myself where there is anything enjoyable, and this is certainly a 

 place to enjoy one's self. When I was here before, a number of 

 years ago, I had the honor to be escorted by my friend, Mr. Elliot, 

 through your university and through Prof. Green's classroom, and I 

 enjoyed that very much. I went home and told my people there 

 was a great future before j\Iinnesota, for the reason that they had 

 such good schools where they fitted young men and women for life. 

 My prediction came true, because now I see some of those young 

 men who were in school at "that time taking a prominent part in the 

 administration and deliberations of this society, and I am more than 

 pleased wath the progress and improvement you have made and are 

 still making. Now, my friends, let me ask all of you to stand by 

 your schools and by your professor of horticulture. He is doing a 

 great work that you ought to appreciate, and his reputation as a 

 foremost horticulturist is not confined to your state, but it is well 

 known and appreciated in our section of country. You want to keep 

 him and keep him in the harness and hold up his hands, as well as 

 those of your secretary and other officers. I wish to thank you for 

 the kind treatment you have accorded me, and I shall carry the very 

 best reports home to my people in Iowa. I hope we shall have the 

 pleasure of meeting many of you next week at our annual gathering, 

 and we shall try to use you as well as you have used me. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



The Chairman : Iowa is a good place to go to ; they always 

 use their delegates well, and I know whoever goes there will receive 

 a cordial reception. We have a gentleman here from a state which 

 is not often represented in our meetings, but the visitors from which 



