228 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Horticultural Societj^ never be lowered, until an orchard and shel- 

 ter are about everj^ farmhouse, a fruit garden with every villag'er, 

 and the rose and the window g-arden brighten everj^ hoine in all our 

 broad Northwest. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Prof. S. B. Green, of the State Agricultural School, in presenting' 

 this subject spoke briefly of the importance and advisability of 

 combining the practical with the scholastic education. His expe- 

 rience showed him that there was no less interestor less acquisition 

 from books bj' teaching the boj^s in the same connection something' 

 of the chemistry of the soils and plants and of methods in their prep- 

 aration and care. He would have the high schools in the rural 

 districts agricultural schools. While industrial education is not 

 g'oing to do everything, it will help to solve many of the questions 

 now crowding upon us. There was a time when the farmers were 

 said to be hostile to education, and Prof. Green would not much 

 blame them for thinking that the old scholastic systems onl}- un- 

 fitted their boys for actual life. It only showed their manly inde- 

 pendence and strength of character as a class. And it was no won- 

 der that thej^ were not verj^ enthusiastic about agricultural educa- 

 tion, when, only a few years ago, one man was expected to teach all 

 that was necessary. 



Prof. Green referi-ed to the influence of the school at St. An- 

 thony Park, thinking the little leaven going- out from the 

 2C6 students in their agricultural department last year would 

 make a g^reat difference in the agriculture of the state. This year an 

 experiment had been tried by opening a summer school for girls. 

 It had surpassed their expectations. Thej^ had thought if thej^ 

 should have thirt}^ applications they would feel much encouraged, 

 but there had been fifty-eig"ht in attendance. President Northrop 

 says the girls' school has come to sta}^, and next summer the term 

 is to be two months instead of one, as this year. Eventuallj^, Prof. 

 Green thinks the winter school will also be open to girls. 



THE ROSE UNDER GLASS. 

 "Who loves a garden loves a .sjreenhouse too." 



Mr. R. J. Mendenhall of Minneapolis spoke to this sentiment. Af- 

 ter referring to the universalit}' of the rose, it being found in every 

 part of the globe except Australia and a few islands of the Pa- 

 cific, he spoke of the many things with which the cultivator of the 

 rose under glass has to contend; of the insects that prey upon all 

 parts of the plant, of the saw fl}' that eats the leaves, the rose chafer 

 and others. 



'•The trouble is, we don't know just how to treat the rose. We must 

 study soils, heat and moisture, trying- to make out-door conditions. 

 Water and planting have to be considered, and ways of propagat- 

 ing." He spoke of the ways b)^ which one variety of rose is merged 

 into another. Digressing from his subject somewhat, the speaker 

 referred to the wide use made of the rose, of its place in classic 

 literature and in the materia niedica. 



