ecretary's (®ori]er 



This issue presents the anomaly of reports of two summer meet- 

 ing-s, that of hist year and of the present one. There has been no con- 

 venient opportunity, heretofore, since beginning- the publication of 

 the inonthl}^ to publish last summer's report, and as it is the purpose 

 of the present publication to give society news promptly, it seems 

 best to put the two together in this issue. 



With this year the old matter will have been worked off and there- 

 after the monthly will contain the news and doing's of to-day, and 

 be made the mirror of the present. 



The reading of these two reports will show you the interest and 

 enjoyableness of our suinmer meetings, which no member within 

 reach should miss. 



The Report on Minnesota Fruit Awards at the World's Fair 

 by the committee on awards appears in this number. It has taken 

 nearly as long- for the officials to make these returns as for the Chi- 

 cago people to build up the great fair. 



Due credit is given therein to the superior quality and appearance 

 of Minnesota fruit, and the names of the principal contributors 

 mentioned; but there is a long- list of others v/ho contributed will- 

 ingly of what they had and assisted materially in the final result. 

 The full list will be published in the September number of this 

 magazine, which number will be devoted to the report of the super- 

 intendent of the Minnesota fruit exhibit. 



Library Additions.— The following books have been added to 

 our library since April 1st: 

 No. 



446. Report Missouri State Horticultural Society, 189:i 



447. Report Nebraska State Horticultural Society, 1H\)'^. 



448. Report Western N. Y. Horticultural Society. 1894. 



449. Report Kansas State Horticultural Society, 1891 3. 



450. Report Nebraska State Horticultural Society, 1894. 



451. Report Iowa State Horticultural Society, 1893. 



452. Illinois World's Fair Fruit Exhibit. 



453. Northwestern Pomology, by C. N. Gurney, Concord, Neb. 



454. Report Ontario Fruit Growers' Association, 1893. 



455. Ontario Experiment Station Reports for 1890. 



456. Ontario " " " " 1893. 



Besides the above, there are the regular bulletins from the various 

 Experiment Stations and many horticultural magazines and papers 

 that come into this office in the way of exchange for our magazine. 



