508 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. | 
It was decided to expend $300 (three hundred dollars) in the 
purchase of books for the library, and Messrs. Elliot, Moyer, 
Harris, Green and Latham were appointed a committee to have 
charge of the matter. 
The secretary was instructed to correspond with the officers 
of the Wisconsin and Iowa horticultural societies as to a joint 
meeting of committees from each society to agree upon the 
nomenclature of the Russian apples being grown in the 
northwest, and Messrs. Wedge, Green and Harris were 
appointed a committee to represent this society on that occasion. 
It was determined that the executive board in a body visit 
the Owatonna experiment station on August 23rd next. 
In conformity to the wishes of the society as expressed ina 
resolution at the summer meeting, held today, the secretary 
was instructed to pay to Mr. P. M. Gideon, to aid him in his 
‘experiment work, the sum of one hundred dollars. 
Adjourned sine die. 
A. W. LATHAM, Secretary. 
WYMAN ELLIOT, Chairman Executive Board. 
