IN MEMORIAM, JOHN S. HARRIS. 165 



societies of the northwest, I should say, after many years of careful 

 survey of the field — John S. Harris. 



"Were you to ask me who has done the most efficient hard work 

 for the Minn. State Horticultural Society from its very inception to 

 the present day, I should answer, according to the best of my knowl- 

 edge that man's name is John S. Harris." 



A. W. SIAS. 

 Harbor View, April 4, 1901. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1901, WESTERN WINNIPEG) 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



T. A. HOVERSTAD, DELEGATE, CROOKSTON. 



The annual meeting of the Western Horticultural Society met 

 in the council chamber. City Hall, W^innipeg, Alarch 14, at 2 p. m. 

 The reports of the officers of the previous year were received. This 

 was followed by the election of officers. Nearly all the old officers 

 were re-elected. Prof. S. B. Green, Mr. J. B. Rogers of Newark, N. 

 J., and the writer were elected honorary members. Mr. A. P. Stev- 

 enson then read a very carefully prepared paper, reporting the meet- 

 ing of the Minnesota Horticultural Society, to which he was a dele- 

 gate at their last convention. The report was very complete and 

 very interesting. 



Mr. John Caldwell, of A'erden, read a paper on "Tree Plant- 

 ing." His efforts were towards interesting people in growing shel- 

 ter belts for protection. He recommended varieties and methods of 

 planting. The session was closed with the reading of a' paper on 

 "Bee-Keeping." This was written by A. Du Pasquier. Many pa- 

 pers were sent by those who were on the program but unable to at- 

 tend. 



■ The evening session was opened by a brief address by the 

 writer, followed by a lecture on Small Fruit by J. B. Rogers, of 

 Newark, N. J. His remarks created a great discussion, and it was 

 with difficulty that the president was able to stop it and continue the 

 program. 



Alderman Barklay, of Winnipeg, then gave a talk on "Winter 

 Flowering Bulbs." He showed great familiarity with many of the 

 flowering bulbs and gave definite instructions in growing them. 

 Certain varieties were also recommended. 



The main address of the meeting was delivered by Prof. S. B. 

 Green. His topic was "Agricultural Education." He gave first a 

 brief sketch of the agricultural schools of Europe. In referring to 

 the American schools of agriculture he dwelt in detail on the "Min- 

 nesota plan." He gave a' very good idea of the work the school was 

 doing in all its branches and gave many illustrations of the methods 



