460 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Greening-, Malinda and Longfield. Mr. Patten thinks Hibernal and 

 Lieby are not identical varieties; Mr. Mitchell thinks they are. 

 Patten's Greening- was highly praised b}' Mr. Gardner. 



In his paper on evergreens, Mr. Dartt said that the Norway spruce 

 has seemed able to resist drovith better than the white spruce, but 

 that the latter will stand more cold; the dwarf mountain pine is one 

 of the best trees for the lawn, perfectly reliable. The arbor vitae 

 does not endure drouth, even as an established tree. Red cedar 

 should be grown from northern seed; has found it unreliable as 

 ixsually procured from the nurseries. Edson Gaylord gave as his 

 three best and most reliable evergreens, the white pine, white 

 spruce and dwarf Siberian arbor vitae. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



It will be seen by the proceedings that the society was honored 

 by an unusually large and valuable number of visiting horticul- 

 turists. The display of fruits consisted of about fifty-six plates of 

 very handsome and well colored apples. The Wealthy, Hibernal, 

 Repka Malenka, Longfield, Minnesota, Haas and Patten's Greening 

 being represented. 



The citizens of Albert Lea, through the Commercial Club, furn- 

 ished free entertainment to all members, and a suite of the pleasant- 

 est possible rooms right in the heart of the city. The attendance, 

 while not all that had been hoped for, was much greater than last 

 3'ear, and all that could be reasonably expected. The local papers 

 of both counties are publishing the papers read at the meeting, and 

 thus new interest and endeavor in horticultural work is greatly 

 stimulated. The membership fee of fifty cents will more than pay 

 all the necessarj' expenses of maintaining the society and provide 

 a small fund which maj^ be used in several ways to benefit the 

 members. In closing this report of our work, we would call the at- 

 tention of the friends of trees, fruits and flowers all over the state 

 to the benefits and joj^s of such local meetings. We ought to have 

 a hundred such scattered all over the state. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 



ANNUAL FEE, FIFTY CENTS. 



C. R.]v!UiS0!n Alb(;rt Lea, Minn. Lewis P. Peterson FreeVKirn. Minn. 



II. E. Nelson " " P. H. Overt,'aaid Loidal. 



Geo. A. Boye •' " J, K. Pa^e. Glenville, ' 



A. C. Arneson " "' Frcetuonl Snyder Freoliorn, 



Geo. H. Prescotl... " " A. H. Street Alden. "' 



Mrs. Geo. IL Proscott... " " A. .7. French Austin, ■ 



Mrs. A. W. Massee " " P. Boelk Lansinjr, • 



P.Clausen " '" .lolin Smith Lal<e Mills. Iowa. 



Loren Blackiner " " .lolin Guy Oakland, Minn. 



C.L.Hill •■ " F. F. Blackinan Aldcn, 



.fames Koulsteu Oakland. " (Uarenee Wedge Albert Lea. 



C. G. Patten Charles City. Iowa. F. S. Haupt 



E.H.S. Dartt Owatonna. Miuu. G.Seebacli Austin, 



E.D.Ames Lyle, " E.B.Crane 



E. E. Budlong Glenville, " A.N. Kinsman " ' 



S. D. Richardson, Winneba-io City, •• F.W.Kimball 



.lamesTaylor Box 246. Austin. " N. McColly Winnebago City, '• 



Fred Mohl Adrian, 



IIONOK.^HV MICMUEKS. 



C. F. Gardner Osage, Iowa. 



