THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 22 SEPTEHBER, 1894. NO. 8 



(To get a full report of our fruit exhibit at the World's Fair, please read in con- 

 nection with the following, an earlier report to be found on page 131, Report of this 

 Society for 1893, where are to be found also full plans of the exhibit.— SEC'Y.) 



MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT AT THE 

 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



BY A. W. LATHAM, SUPT. 

 (A report rendered at the Summer Meeting of the Society held June 28, 1893.) 



I have the pleasure of making- at this time the following- partial 

 report of the Minnesota horticultural exhibit, now being conducted 

 under my charge at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. It 

 is not my intention to make a formal or full report, as that will be 

 made necessarily at the close of the fair, but to give j^ou rather, in 

 aninformal waj', an account of what has already been accomplished 

 and an outline of the plans for the continuance and final completion 

 of the exhibit. 



You will remember that at the time of the winter meeting some 

 annoyance was felt by our members at the course of the manage- 

 ment of the exposition in trying to change the form of our exhibit and 

 place it upon a long, narrow table against the wall, instead of allow- 

 ing the convenient and compact plan which had been prepared. It 

 was thought best that I should make a trip to Chicago in an effort 

 to adjust this matter, which I did, going down the day after the ad- 

 journment of the meeting. The result was a confirmation of what had 

 been previousl}' promised us. Upon this final assurance the work ot 

 preparation was pushed rapidl3^ Earl}- in March the materials for 

 installation were sent from Minneapolis, the work having- been done, 

 as far as possible, in Minnesota shops. Soon after, I went to Chicago 

 and remained two weeks, occupied in getting- the material on the 

 ground and in the construction of the structure to be used there. 



