90 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The New State Fair Board —This board remaine the same as 

 in 1896, except that J. M. Underwood takes the place of one of the re- 

 tiring- members. The election of Mr. Underwood is certainly very 

 satisfactory to the meinbers of this society, who necessarily have a 

 large interest in the general manag-ement of the fair. We have not 

 urged his election, however, because our special interests needed 

 more care, as they were already well recognized by the board and 

 looked after by Mr. Elliot, but because from our acquaintence we 

 know him to be well fitted by nature and business experience for 

 this new position. Nevertheless, it may truly be considered a trib- 

 ute to the influence which our society necessarily wields on account 

 of its numbers and disinterestedness, that the two most prominent 

 officers in our organization should be heartily welcomed on the new 

 state fair board. During the ensuing year, Mr. Elliot will, as hereto- 

 fore, have special charge of the horticultural department, and Mr. 

 Underwood will engineer the police and, it is understood, the dairy 

 department. 



" Vegetable Gardening," by Prof. S. B. Green.— Prof. Green has 

 had for some time in preparation a work on vegetable gardening 

 designed especially for use in hie classroom at the University 

 Farm School in our state. The first edition has been issued since Jan- 

 uary 1st It is a volume of 12 mo size, containing two hundred and 

 twenty-four pages and one hundred and fifteen illustrations, mostly 

 half tones, printed on very heavy enameled paper and neatly bound 

 in green cloth. The first hundred pages is devoted to a general 

 treatment of the subject, in which little of practical value has 

 been overlooked and the latest knowledge and experience appear. 

 We note especially the chapters on manures, seed sowing, tillage, 

 greenhouses, hotbeds and insects, though the other branches of the 

 subject are treated with equal interest. 



The next one hundred and ten pages contain directions for the 

 cultivation, planting, harvesting, marketing, storing, etc. of the dif- 

 ferent species of vegetables, in alphabetical order, including a des- 

 cription of those varieties now considered of greatest value for the 

 kitchen or market garden. The book closes with a garden calendar 

 especially adapted to the northern states, several necessary or conve- 

 nient tables and a very full index. 



While prepared especially for use in the classroom, it will be 

 found equally adapted to the needs of every grower of vegetables 

 either for the household or for market, as it is a convenient com- 

 pendium of the latest knowledge on the subject. The peculiar terse 

 style of Prof. Green will be readily noticed by those who are fami- 

 liar with his works; " multum in parvo " would be a correct term to 

 apply to it, a good deal in a concentrated form. The volume is a 

 g-ood running- mate to his " Amateur Fruit Growing," and we pre- 

 dict will keep abreast it in the race. It goes into use at once as a 

 classi book in the agricultural colleges in North Dakota and South 

 Dakota, and other states are likely to follow this example. There 

 has bt^en for some time a demand for such a work, and its issuance 

 is very timely. 



It can be had at this office for $1.25 post paid. 



