Secretary's ^ori^ei^ 



The present annual paid membership is 440. Hard times keeps us 

 back, but we are gfrowing- slowly. 



Can't you use some of the Society stationery? Tablet of 100 sheets, 

 25 cents at this office, 30 cents by mail. 



A Correction. — There is a serious mistake in the fioures on the 

 cut on pag-e 49, March number, which should be corrected. They 

 should be exactly reversed, No. 1 being- 6, &c. 



Of the three old members of this society who have lately gone to 

 Colorado to start fruit farms, one, Mr. A. W. Sias, has removed to 

 I^lorida; a second, Mr. M. Cutler, has returned to Minnesota and is 

 goino- into fruit raising at Princeton; the third, Mr. J. C. All^'ii, 

 whose obituary appears in this number, died there. 



Lots of society reports, experiment station bulletins, horticultural 

 I)eriodicals, etc., are coming into this office. We want to give you the 

 cream of these, but our pages are almost too few for the papers and 

 discussions of our own membership even. How can we extend its 

 limits, so that you may get the benefit of the contents of this rapidly 

 growing library? 



Summer Meeting, 1894. Upon invitation of Mr. ami Mrs. D. 

 Morrison, of Minneapolis, accepted by the Society, the coming sum- 

 mer meeting will be held at their residence, it is i^robable, some- 

 where near July 1st. 



If practicable, the notice of this meeting will be sent out in the 

 June number of this magazine, but to do so it will be necessary to 

 hold it later than the first of the month, as it is not possible to set 

 the date so long beforehand, so much depends upon the forwardness 

 of the season. 



So, if the June number does not come on time — it has not mis- 

 carried and will show up later. 



Special Request. There are now on hand a qiunitity of back 

 numbers of this magazine, which might be sent out as sample copies. 



Will you (this means you!) ])lease send me at once the addresses 

 of any i)ersons in j'onr neighborhood or elsewhere engaged or in- 

 terested in any horticultural pursuit, and copies will be sent them. 

 You dont need to take time to write a letter, but just write the 

 addresses on a slip of paper or postal and send it along. 



This is a practical way you can assist with little incouveuieuce to 

 yourself.— Secretary. 



