HORTICULTURAL CLUBS. 73 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article 1. The name of this club shall be the 



Horticultural Club. 



Article 2. Its officers shall consist of a president and secretary 

 (who shall also act as treasurer) and their duties shall be such as 

 usually devolve on such officers. 



Article 3. The membership fee shall be annuallj^. 



Article 4. This club shall meet every ... week, .at such time and 

 place as may be ag'reed upon or appointed by the president. 



Article 5. The subjects to be considered at these meeting's shall 

 be strictly horticultural, including in their range the various topics 

 treated in the reports of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. 



Article 6. This constitution may be amended at any regular 

 meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The president shall prepare beforehand a program for each 

 meeting, appointing some one to write a paper on the subject for 

 discussion and others to read extracts from the Minnesota Horticul- 

 tural reports or other similar works, and also assign to different 

 members to answer one or more of the questions fovmd in the topic 

 outline supplied by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. 



2. Reports of this club shall be made to A. W. Latham, secretary 

 of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 207 Kasota Block, 

 Minneapolis, Minn., as follows : 



1st. At the time of the organization of the club, giving name of 

 club and address of officers. 



2nd. At the close of the series of meetings for the season, giving 

 the following information, viz : 



1. How many meetings have been held? 



2. How many members have joined the club? 



3. How man}- members from the club have joined the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Societ}^ during this year? 



4. What topics have been discussed? 



5. What topics were the most interesting? 



6. Would this club like a series of topics prepared for next win- 

 ter? 



7. Whom can the secretarj^ address on the subject? 



TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. 



First Meeting-Topic— Strawberries. §. What are staminate plants? 



p , i>. What are pistillate plants? 



, Tj ^" Ti '^'L iV 10. How should they be planted to se- 



1. How should ground he prepared for „ j f 

 planting? cure a crop? 



2. When is the hest time to plant? ."/. ^^^^^^ *^° °f ^^^^ ^^"^ staminate var- 

 o TT „ V, T/) ii. \, 1 4. jQ leties and two of the pistillate. 



3. How should they he planted? ^ 



4. How should they be cultivated? ^O" readings under this topic see 



5. If they have done well, how will Page 42 Horticultural Rep't of 1881 



they appear in the fall? Pages 18, 48 " " 1882 



6. How should they be protected in the Page 84 '' " 1883 



winter? Pages 345, 375, 433 " " 1885 



7. When should they be uncovered and Pages 303, 306. .. " " 1892 

 how treated the second year? Pages 338. 342.... " " 1893 



