Secretary's ^ori^er. 



Still a Boy.— Our old fellow member, Truman M. Smith, al- 

 though over seventy, still speaks of himself as "a boy." We rejoice 

 in his good health in his California home. 



The Membership Roll for 1897.— A ticket issued today, March 

 27, numbered 444, shows a membership of eighty nine more than a 

 year ago at the same date. Are'nt there some of your neighbors 

 who ought to be on our roll? Try then, 



Wisconsin Society Report for 1895-6.— This report has just been 

 received and a limited number are held for distribution to our mem- 

 bers on receipt of eight cents postage. It is paper bound, 279 pages, 

 and full of good things for the horticulturist. 



Commend Minnesota Forestry Legislation.— At its late meet- 

 ing the American Forestry Association took occasion to speak in 

 a very commendatory way of the Minnesota law for prevention of 

 forest fires and of the movement to establish a forest reserve. Others 

 take nearl}' as much interest in these efforts as we do ourselves. 



Illness of L. M. Ford.— Our old friend and life member, we are 

 sorry to learn, is suffering from a light stroke of paralysis. It will 

 be remembered that Mrs. Ford passed away last year from this same 

 disease. He is assured of our sympath}'- in this personal affliction, 

 and of our hope that in spite of his "three score years and ten" he 

 may long be spared. 



Twenty- FIVE Cents will Buy It. — Information is at hand that 

 the work on Nomenclature of American Trees referred to in secre- 

 tary's corner in the March number, can be liad by sending twentj^- 

 five cents in postal order (our uncle doesn't take either stamps or 

 check) to Supt. of Documents, Union Building, Washington, D. C. 

 If interested in the subject, the investment will be found a profitable 

 one. 



The Forestry Legislation.— Both the forestry bills, the one 

 making the annual appropriation for the torestrj'^ association and 

 the other creating a " forest reserve area," have passed the house by 

 good majorities, the latter especially so, having only six opposing 

 votes, and are now on the calendar in the senate. We hope to see 

 them both enacted, but there are hundreds of bills pressing for at- 

 tention alongside, and the session is rapidly drawing to a close. 

 Hon. H. G. Hicks, of Minneapolis, was their special champion in the 

 house and deserves our warmest thanks for his zeal in this service. 



