Secretary's (^ori^er. 



Have You Renewed?— If you have not sent your annual fee for 

 1897, please give it present attention. 



Who Has Crab Apple Seed?— Mr. C. E. Robinson, of Wadena, 

 Minn., wants to purchase a small quantity of crab apple seed to ex- 

 periment with. If any of our members have saved any, he would 

 like to hear from them. 



State Experimental Tree Station, Owatonna, Minn.— Nine 

 hundred grafted varieties and a great number of seedlings grown 

 from seed of the hardiest Minnesota apples on trial. Persons hav- 

 ing valuable new seedling apples or plums are invited to send a 

 few scions, which will be tested at public expense for the public 

 good. No corner on an\^ stock grown here. Reports mailed free. 



E. H. S. Dartt, Supt. 



To Fight Insects and Disease.— Columbus, Ohio., Jan. 27.— A 

 call has been issued by President Cushman, of the Ohio State Hort- 

 icultural Society, for a national horticultural convention to be held 

 at Washington, D. C, March 5, to consider and recommend the most 

 appropriate federal and state legislation for preventing the intro- 

 duction and diffusion of noxious insects and fungi in the United 

 States. — Minneapolis Journal. 



Horticulture in the Farmers' Institutes.— It is encouraging 

 to learn that the interest in subjects pertaining to horticulture is 

 steadily increasing in the Farmers' Institute; the fact that more 

 time is being devoted to them is, under Mr. Gregg's management^ 

 evidence that there is a demand for it. An aroused sense of the 

 need of right information on these subjects is a very hopeful sign. 

 Mr. E. J. Cutts, the horticultural lecturer, reports a very close atten- 

 tion to his part of the work. 



Educate in Forestry. — Forest preservation will best be pro- 

 moted and forest fires best be prevented by diffusing a knowledge 

 of forestry and creating intelligent interest in the subject. To this 

 end I would recommend that public schools devote half an hour 

 every two weeks to instruction in forestr}'. Also, that the state ex- 

 pend a resonable amount annually in furnishing tree seedlings gra- 

 tuitousljr to those who will suitably plant and maintain them. — 

 Gen'l C. C. Andrews, Minn. Fire Warden. 



Vermont State Horticultural SociETY.-This is not.as may seem 

 fitting, a most ancient institution, but is instead the very latest 

 organization of the kind in America, as far as heard from, having 

 come into being at Burlington, December 3d last. Being one of the 

 extreme northern states, where fruit growing encounters many dis- 

 couragements, this society like our own, should be a forceful one. 

 Here's hoping. Their first president is T. L. Kinney, of Grand Isle 

 county, and Prof, F. A. Waugh, of Burlington is secretary. 



