REPORT ON PRESIDENT S ADDRESS. 2o 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



F. H. NUTTRR, LYCURGUS R. MOYER AND CLARENCE WEDGE. 



To the members of the State Horticultural Society: — 



Your special committee appointed to consider the annual address 

 of our President, and to whom was also referred the report of the 

 Executive Board, beg leave to report as follows: 



We wish to record our appreciation of the highly interesting 

 character of both these papers under consideration and to bespeak 

 for them when t\\ey appear in print a careful reading by our mem- 

 bers, that the valuable hints therein contained may be acted upon 

 by the horticulturist and exhibitor. 



We also congratulate the society upon the fact so plainlj^ set forth 

 in these and other reports, that it has been so greatly prosperous in 

 the past j-ear. 



In line with suggestions contained in the report of the Executive 

 Board, we would recommend: 



1st. That a special committee of three be appointed by the presi- 

 dent empowered to take what action may seem necessary to secure 

 a new building upon the state fair grounds which shall be better 

 adapted for the proper exhibition of horticultural and floral sub- 

 jects than the contracted quarters now used for the purpose; and 

 that the preliminar}' sketch of such a building which has been laid 

 before the members be approved as suitable in its general design 

 for such a purpose. 



2nd. That as our monthly magazine has proved such a pleasant 

 and profitable means of inter-communication among us, the thanks 

 of the society are due our secretary for his untiring and successful 

 efforts as its editor to make it what it is. 



3rd. That, as the spread of intelligence is the surest way of com- 

 bating fraud, the fruit lists be made as full and local, also, in their 

 preparation as tiine and reasonable expense will permit; and, as the 

 love of the beautiful should be encouraged along with the strictl)^ 

 practical, that in connection with the annual fruit lists there be 

 published lists of those standard varieties of ornamental trees and 

 shrubs which are best adapted for use in the parks or private 

 grounds of our state, and that a special committee be appointed to 

 compile such a list. 



ith. We approve of the proposed subdividingof the standing com- 

 mittee, that each subject as far as possible may be in the hands of a 

 specialist, and recommend that the Executive Board take such ac- 

 tion in the matter as may seem to them best. 



5th. We urge upon our representative on the Board of the State 

 Agricultural Society the necessity of securing from that board 

 larger appropriations for premiums in the horticultural depart- 

 inent of the annual fairs. 



0th. We concur with the recommendation of our president that 

 the number of the legislative committee be increased from three to 

 five, and would urge upon that committee the necessitj' of wise and 

 well considered legislative action to promote the interests of irriga- 

 tion and forestry in our state. * 



