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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WISCONSIN'S NEW HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. 



On account of the move being made to secure the erection at our 

 own Agricultural College of a structure sufticiently large to meet 

 the wants of horticulture in this rapidly growing school, our read- 

 ers will be specially interested in the illustration given herewith of 

 the building devoted to this interest recently erected by our sister 



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state. Its dimensions are 60x72 feet, and the greenhouses cover a 

 space of 88x150 feet, and its cost has been reported at $40,000. This 

 is a considerably larger sum (more than twice) than that asked for 

 our building, and perhaps we are too modest. But Minnesota is 

 developing rapidly in many directions, and close economy is un- 

 questionably necessary. 



