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HOW TO EXTEND OUR MEMBERSHIP AND USEFULNESS. 473 
HOW TO EXTEND OUR MEMBERSHIP AND 
USEFULNESS. 
A. K. BUSH, DOVER. 
The annual meeting of 1898 will soon be on us. Of course all 
intend to go. We cannot afford to stay away from these gatherings, 
December is the month for rest, recreation, and as these opportuni- 
ties come to us to meet our friends, swap ideas, compare results, 
methods, etc., also to talk over matters horticultural in general—we 
should certainly improve them. 
- The man who has not learned and done something good and use- 
ful during the year which will help himself, his neighbor and the 
world in general to do and be better ought to have died last year. 
The railroads make us the very low fare of one cent per mile for 
the return trip; the hotels special rates. Your friends in the great 
Twin Cities are always glad to see and entertain you, showing you 
the immense stores and stocks with their “bargains,” “special 
sales,” etc., from which you may, possibly, save much more on your 
winter supplies than the entire cost of the trip—in addition to the 
store of knowledge and pleasure gained at the meeting. Again, the 
Papers and discussions given by practical men in your business 
may be of more value to you, if properly applied to your next sea- 
son’s work, than all you would do without these helps. 
Invite some friend who is interested in our work to join the 
largest and best horticultural society in the United States, and to go 
with you to instruct and be taught on the “mutual plan.” Go pre- 
pared to do good and gain good—in your way. I know every mem- 
ber of our society could easily secure the names of one or more of 
his neighbors who would be glad to pay $1.00 per year for our mag- 
azine. The annual reports, plant premiums, etc., with all courtesies 
of the society added—and at the same time secure a copy of Prof. 
Green’s “Amateur Fruit Growing” as special premium for himself 
or some worthy neighbor. Try it and be convinced. I expect to 
“bring in” several dollars with memberships. Shall we unite in 
this effort? 
Dover, Minn., Nov. 14. 
Easy WAY TO SLIP RosEs.—In the fall, before frost comes, I 
secure as many varieties of rose slips asIcan. These I placeina 
little trench, burying the Jarger part of each slip and leaving about 
two inches above ground. Next I take several old glass cans, which 
I have saved for the purpose, and turn over the slips. If the cans 
are cracked, it does not matter. My rose slips are then left in this 
condition until spring, when I remove the cans and find they have 
rooted and are ready to transplant to mounds or borders, and will 
soon become thrifty little bushes. 
