78 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Note. — The twelve magazines issued in 1894 will be bound in cloth 

 as the Annual Report of the Society and be ready for distribution at 

 the beginning of the next year. — SECRETARY. 



Please note the interesting report from Mr. R. C. Keel, of the meet 

 ing of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society. One advantage of this 

 form of publishing the report is strongly emphasized herein, in that 

 3'ou get this matter "fresh" The interest one has in "news" is 

 largely of to-day. The notices of Messrs. Harris and Dartt are other 

 instances of the convenience of this publication. 



The library and secretar5^'s office is to be moved March 1st to a 

 very convenient room on the second floor of the Kasota block, cor- 

 ner of Fourth street and Hennepin avenue. It is a front room over- 

 looking the private park of "Elder" Stewart, and a very appropriate 

 place for the office of the Horticultural Society. The regular office 

 hours of the secretary will be from 9 to 12 a.m.. Tuesdays, Thurs- 

 days and Saturdays. But callers are liable to find the door ajar at 

 any time, as the Vork of the society is at present taking the whole 

 time of the secretary. Call and sit in our easy chair, look at our 

 park and the latest additions to the library. You are more than 

 welcome. 



The secretary's office has been a ver}' busy place the last month. 

 Besides the work connected with the launching of the HORTICUL- 

 TURIST, securing and placing of advertisements, etc., circulars have 

 been prepared and sent out to the school district clerks of the state, 

 numbering about 6,000. These circular letters contain four different 

 articles: The horticultural club circular, a copy of which is printed 

 in this issue; a folder containing concisely the facts as to our 

 society and its work; a third circular which is simplj^ the first 

 and second pages of the cover of the magazine; and, lastly, a return 

 envelope. In this way every neighborhood, near and remote 

 in the state, has been reached in our work. Some of this seed 

 may fall on ston}^ ground, but let us hope that much good may 

 eventually come of it. 



Propagation and Care of Rose Geraniuins.~ln propagating soft 

 wooded plants, cuttings should be carefully taken so as not to injure 

 the parent plant. With a sharp knife cut the terminal shoots just at 

 the base of a leaf, and remove the leaf close to the stem. The cut- 

 tings will then root freely in clean sand, which is much better to 

 use than soil. Pot off as soon as the roots are half an inch long, 

 using tliumb pots. Plants grown for tlieir foliage should never be 

 allowed to flower, as thej^ then become weedj^ in apjiearance. In the 

 house, geraniums are apt to grow spindling; to prevent this keep 

 them well cut back when they show flowering buds, thus making 

 stocky plants. — American Agriculturist. 



