Secretary's (®ori^er. 



Winter Meeting, Southern Minnesota Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. — Secretary Clarence Wedge, of our kindred society, announces 

 the annual meeting^ of that association at Austin for January 13th 

 and 14th next. President J. M. Underwood, of the state society, ex- 

 pects to meet with thein. The program will appear in our January 

 number. 



Some OF Our Expected Guests.— Among those who are expected 

 from abroad at our coming annual meeting are Prof. E. S. Goff, of 

 Madison, Wis., and Secretary A. J. Philips, of Wisconsin; A. L. 

 Hatch, of Ithica, Wis., Secretary Geo. H. Van Houten, of Iowa, Ex- 

 President A. F. Collman, of Iowa; M. J. Wragg, of Waukee, Iowa, 

 and W. S. Thornber, of Brookings, S. 1), 



Our Sister Societies Meet. — The second Tuesday of December 

 or thereabouts appears to be a favorite time for the gathering of 

 horticulturists. Wisconsin and Indiana as well as our own society 

 meet on that day, while Northeastern Iowa and Ohio anticipate it by 

 one week and Iowa follows it a week. Notices of other similar meet- 

 ings for the winter have not yet been received. 



Green's Vegetable Gardening. — This new work by Prof. S. B. 

 Green, of our State Agricultural College, is now in use as a text book 

 in at least three of the agricultural colleges of the country, Minne- 

 sota, South Dakota and Oregon, and others are likely soon to follow 

 their example. It is equally as valuable for practical gardener's as 

 for a class book and should be in every farmer's and gardener's li- 

 brary. As a convenience to our members, it is kept for sale in this 

 office. Price, $1.25 post paid. ■> 



Fruit Stored for the Winter Meeting.— All the fruit held in 

 cold storage in Minneapolis for this occasion will be brought to the 

 room in the court-house where the meeting is to be held, on Monday 

 noon, December 6th, which will give opportunity for putting it out 

 on display before the meeting opens the next morning. It is to be 

 hoped that, as far as possible, exhibitors will arrange to do this and 

 not have to lose any of the first session. If you have fruit to ex- 

 hibit, by all means come and set it wp yourself. 



The Butternut in Northern Minnesota.— In a recent trip 

 north of Mille Lacs Lake, in Aitkin county, Mr. F. H. Nutter reports 

 finding butternut trees twelve to fifteen inches in diameter and fifty 

 feet high, perfectly hardy and very vigorous as well as productive. 

 This must be a good locality to secure these nuts for planting in the 



