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tender Mr. Choate ahearty vote of thanks for his very able 
and practical paper. 
The motion was numerously seconded and unanimously 
prevailed. 
Mr. Choate: I thank you very much for the interest you 
take in this matter and the way you have received this paper. 
I feel gratified without any expression of thanks, because it is 
a hobby of mine, and Ido not feel that I deserve any particular 
thanks, for any man who has a hobby feels that he is sufficiently 
rewarded for what he does, 
Mr. Dartt: I voted to extend this vote of thanks, and I 
think we owe the gentleman a vote of thanks on the merits of 
his paper, but I voted with a mental reservation that his 
comparisons were odious. (Laughter). 
‘Best Three Evergreens for Shelter.” Chas. T. Hawkinson, 
Minneapolis, (See index). 
Discussion, 
The President: We will now listen to a paper on the 
subject of evergreens by Mr. Wheaton. 
‘‘How to Grow an Evergreen Windbreak in Western 
Minnesota.” D. 'T. Wheaton, Morris. (See index). 
Discussion. 
“Ts a Farm Hedge Fence Practicable or Desirable in 
Minnesota ?” J. P. Andrews, Faribault. (See index). 
The President: Itis now the noon hour, and we will not 
have time to discuss this paper. We will now stand adjourned 
until two o’clock this afternoon. 
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION, 
The President: It is time for us to begin our program for 
this afternoon. Some of our members are anxious to get 
through, and we have quite a long list of papers to take up 
this afternoon. We will first listen to a paper by Mr. Wyman 
Elliot. 
‘‘Transplanting HKvergreens from the Woods.” Wyman 
Elliot, Minneapolis. (See index). 
‘‘The Uses of Evergreens About the Home.” I. H, Nutter, 
Superintendent of Parks, Minneapolis. (See index). 
“The Transplanting and Subsequent Care of EHvergreens.”’ 
J. S. Harris, La Crescent. (See index). 
The President: Now we have had three papers read without 
discussion. Is there any discussion to follow these papers, or 
