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tion who were not known to have been absent. If it is found that 
after all any of them have been overlooked,they can still report and 
the count be changed. 
The election as announced gave J. M. Underwood 116 votes, and O. 
F. Brand 42 votes. The recount shows J. M. Underwood 112 votes, 
and ©. F. Brand 10 votes. We should be very glad to make this bal- 
lot a complete one if the members see fit to do so, and it can yet be 
done. The ballots as received in the recount are on file in the sec- 
retary’s office and,with the exception of three marked “confidéntial,” 
are accessible to any of our membership. 
HORTICULTURAL HALL, PHILADELPHIA.—Our frontispiece is a 
front view of the new hall just completed by the Philadelphia Hor- 
ticultural Society, which “Harper’s Weekly,” through whose cour- 
tesy the engraving has been secured, speaks of as “the first of its 
kind in America, and an organization of wealthy and prominent 
citizens associated together to advance the great art of horticulture 
through meetings, publications and exhibitions.” The dimensions 
of the building are not stated, but we are given a glimpse of the 
beauties of the interior: “The grand staircase of pink and white 
marble rises from the vestibule with a bower of green marble col- 
umns and green and gold galleries, surrounded by a bronze-gold 
dome topped with opalescent glass. The main hall, with vaulted 
ceiling, and seating an audience of 1,200 people, repeats this color 
scheme, etc.” Evidently a building of this character would meet 
fairly well the aspirations of the average Minnesota horticulturist, 
and it might be well for us to know more of this ancient and honor- 
able association. 
A CHILD OF THE “CHARTER OAK.’—A young seedling tree grown 
from an acorn of the original charter oak, which still stands in New 
Haven, Conn., has just been presented to the Park Commission of 
Minneapolis, and it is expected will in after years cast a shadow of 
historic pedigree in Loring Park. Other descendents of this noted 
tree have of late years been planted in various parks of the country. 
The writer is especially interested in this, as an ancestor,in an 
early day, had his home in New Haven where the shadow of this 
oak fell across his front yard with each declining day. We hope to 
stand under the shadow of this one yet—if it grows fast enough, 
THE NEW SWEEPSTAKES APPLE PREMIUMS FOR THE STATE FAIR.— 
The offering of these new premiums is the most important change 
in the horticultural part of the premium list of the next Minnesota 
state fair. Those who compete for these premiums will be permitted 
to secure apples for this exhibit from any trees growing in our state, 
though only one plate of any one variety can be shown in au ex- 
hibit. Please notice also the important provision that each plate 
of apples must bear a label containing the name and address of its 
grower. It is hoped that this kind of an exhibit will result in getting 
_out at the fair a full display of all the varieties of apples grown in 
the state, including all seedlings, for seedlings are not excluded 
from this exhibit,and the presence of the labels will locate definitely 
the place where each is growing and can be found. 
