NOTICE OF 



^giiEQn^er IVT^^tii^^, 1897, 



The regular summer meeting of the Minnesota State Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at the State Agricultural School, at St. 

 Anthony Park, Minn., at the rose and strawberry season, Thursday, 

 June 24, 1897. 



With very few exceptions, the regular summer meetings of our 

 association have been held on the spot where it is .our sincere 

 pleasure to gather again this year. There is certainly no place in 

 our state which offers such a variety of object of general interest 

 to the professional or amateur horticulturist as the grounds joint- 

 ly occupied and improved by the Agricultural College and State 

 Experiment Station, at St. Anthony Park. At this time of the 

 year the school is not in session, but the officers and instructors, 

 man}'- of whom are detained there through the summer months by 

 reason of their connection with the work of experimentation being 

 carried on, are at hand to greet us always with most kindly wel- 

 come. 



Some 200 acres are devoted to this experimental work, and all 

 kinds of experiment in agriculture, stock growing and breeding, 

 horticulture, forestry and kindred subjects, are progressing under 

 the skillful management of those who have been trained especially 

 for such service. 



Prof. S. B. Green, instructor in horticulture in the college, has 

 been for about ten years also in charge of the experiments in hort- 

 iculture and forestry, in which our society is specially interested. 

 Orchard fruits, small fruits and vines, forest, shade and ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, not overlooking flowers, of all varieties that are 

 successful in our climate, or are hopefully so, are being tested under 

 a variety of conditions to learn any facts in relation to them which 

 would be of value for the people to know. 



All of this work now in progress will be directly under the ob- 

 servation of the visitor at the station, and this alone should insure 

 the attendance of every member or friend of horticulture who can 

 possibly spare the time to participate in our annual summer out- 

 ing. Last year some two hundred attended, a considerable increase 

 over the previous year, and we have reason to believe the number 

 this year will be still greater. 



Be sure and bring the "gude wife" and any interested friends 

 along and don't forget a well-filled basket to cheer you at the noon- 

 tide hour. If you follow the professor and his associates around 



