Cfecretary's (®ori]er. 



The H0RTICU1.TURIST AT THE Iowa Experiment Station. — The place 

 left vacant by the departure of Prof. Craig some months since has been filled 

 by Homer C. Pierce, late assistant horticulturist at the Ohio State University, 

 who comes to his new field with a good reputation as a practical worker, and, as 

 the "Fruitman" says, "with no local prejudices." 



Appointed on the Forest Reserve Board. — Gov. Van Sant has an- 

 nounced the following appointments on the State Forest Reserve Board for the 

 ensuing two years: 



Judson N. Cross, Minneapolis, to represent the state forestry association. 



Greenleaf Clark, St. Paul, to represent the state agricultural society. 



M. W. Williams, of Little Falls, to represent the state horticultural society. 



To Teach Agriculture in the "Rurai, Schools."— The state legisla- 

 ture at its late session, appropriated $2,000 to pay the expense of preparing 

 and distributing lesson helps, etc., to be used in teaching "agriculture, home 

 economics and rural life generally" in the country schools of the state— to be 

 expended by the Agricultural College management. This plan has received 

 much attention from Prof. W. M. Hays lately, and he was, no doubt, largely 

 instrumental in securing the appropriation. Members of our society will 

 watch this movement with large interest and much faith in its practical re- 

 sults. 



Horticultural Reports for the State Traveling Libraries.— The 

 state legislature two years since passed a bill, introduced and championed by 

 our fellow member, A. K. Bush, providing for a system of traveling libraries. 

 This innovation has proved a decided success and there is a strong demand, for 

 more material to work with in this field. To help along, at the suggestion of 

 Mr. Bush, fifty copies of the report of this society for 1899, the next to the 

 last issue, have been furnished for use in these libraries this year. The reports 

 of the past year are too nearly gone to spare any for this purpose. 



Storing Reports at the Experiment Station. — To insure greater 

 safety in the diminishing stock of surplus reports of this society, about half 

 of those heretofore held at Pillsbury Hall, State University, have been removed 

 to Horticultural Hall, at the State Agricultural College, in St. Anthony Park, 

 and are stored there in the charge of Prof. S. B. Green. The following is a 

 list of reports so removed: 1881 paper 100, 1882 paper 100, 1883 cloth 

 100, 1884 paper 50, 1885 paper 100, 1886 paper 80, 1889 paper 16, 

 1890 paper 100, 1891 paper 50, 1892 cloth 100, 1893 cloth 100, 1894 

 cloth 100, 1895 cloth 100, 1896 cloth 100, 1897 cloth 100, 1898 cloth 

 100, 1899 cloth 100. 



Do You Plant Trees?— The Minnesota State Forestry Association still 

 has a few copies of "Forestry in Minnesota," a 312 page practical treati.se on 

 forestry, prepared by Prof. S. B. Green and used as a text book at the School 

 of Agriculture. Write at once if you desire a copy. Sent postpaid for 5 cts. 

 in paper covers; 25 cts. cloth bound. 



Membership fee (permanent) in the association is $1.00, which includes 

 a cloth bound copy of the above publication and 10 Douglas spruce seedlings. 



Plant distribution. Douglas spruce, 2 cts. each, postpaid. A limited 

 number of 6-inch seedlings of the above will be distributed by the association 



