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as worthy of propagation at our experiment stations for testing their 

 adaptibility to our climatic conditions, and if found vaUiable for home 

 or commercial uses then to be distributed to the members of our so- 

 ciety for more extended cultivation. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. 



WYMAN EI.I,IOT, CHAIRMAN". 



There has been no call for legislation the past year, nor is it 

 deemed necessary for any new enactments to be obtained, unless the 

 society in its various discussions should discover that some new law 

 should be made in the interest of some particular feature of our 

 horticultural work. 



SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT, 1900. 



A. W. I<ATH.\M, SECRETARY. 



From the standpoint of the secretary's office the year just clos- 

 ing has been a successful one. We have, through our membership 

 roll, through the farmers' institutes, and through other sources open 

 to the ordinary workings of the society, reached more people than 

 ever before, and the unusual attendance at this annual meeting, the 

 increased interest in the work of the society and the steady enlarge- 

 ment of the membership roll, furnish ample evidence of the in- 

 creased usefulness of this association. 



The annual membership for the year at this date, Dec. 6, 1900, 

 stands at 803. It will be increased somewhat, as usual, by later ad- 

 ditions. This roll numbers 43 more than the same roll a year ago 

 on the same date. 



The life membership roll has had a corresponding increase. Up- 

 on the action of the late annual meeting, the honorary list was in- 

 creased by the addition of nine names, and it has been decreased by 

 one by the death of the lamented Col. John H. Stevens, leaving 

 eight for the total increase of this roll. The regular life list has been 

 increased by the addition of the following five names: E. C. Loose, 

 of Steen ; G. W. Strand, Taylor's Falls ; R. H. L. Jewett, St. Paul ; 

 and Gust Johnson, Excelsior. One name has been lost from this 

 roll by death, that of J. A. Boxell, of St. Paul, making a total in- 

 crease of four in this roll. Putting the three rolls together, there is a 

 total increase of 55, making the total membership for the year 880, 

 not including a few honorary members for one year. 



A communication from a friend in a neighboring state in- 

 quires how our roll is made up, and whether it consists of member- 

 ships secured in towns where the society meets, to show the public 



