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than in the present case ; however, yonr delegate felt proud of j^our 

 association when he remembered the wonderful show of fruits and 

 flowers he has seen in the Minnesota meetings, of the assistance in 

 this good work given by our legislature, of the "Horticulturist" 

 published monthly, of its large list of members and of the good it 

 has done. 



The society' your delegate visited is without state aid, and as a re- 

 sult publishes no reports and is known only to a few of the citizens. 

 Yet,with all this, I met many horticultural heroes, of whom I named 

 a few at the commencenaent of this report, who are at their own ex- 

 pense and labor pushing the battle to the wall, and I feel sure that 

 ere long' the state legislature will see the benefit of horticulture to 

 the state and will make a proper appropriation for its advancement. 



The benefit of "Experimental Horticulture" was shown in a very 

 able paper by Prof. Corbett, and Mrs. Cowles' paper on the "Flower 

 Garden" was very interesting and instructive. 







bitUary. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



M rs. Carrie Dartt, wife of E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna, xVlinn., 

 Died December 6, 1894. 

 The funeral services of Mrs. Carrie Dartt, wife of E. H. 

 S. Dartt, were held at their home last Saturdaj^ at two 

 o'clock p. m. and were attended by a large gathering of 

 friends of the deceased. She was born in Somersetshire, 

 England, August 25, 1843, and came to this country with 

 her parents at the age of six years, settling in Kingston, 

 Wisconsin, where she lived until her marriage with Mr. 

 Dartt and consequent removal to Owatonna. She has 

 been suffering from poor health for a number of 3'ears 

 and was under treatment for some time in Minneapolis 

 two 3^ears ago but without permanent relief. In the 

 earl3^ summer she became much worse and since Atigust 

 25th, has been under treatment in the institution at 

 Rochester where she died on Thursday, December 6th. 

 Her disease seemed obscure, and at the last seriously 

 clouded her mind, though she continued to recognize her 

 family and friends. She leaves, besides her husband, 

 only one child, a young man seventeen j'ears of age. Of 

 her parents' famil}' there remain one sister in England 

 and a sister in Janesville in this state, Mrs. J. H.Miner, 

 also a half brother and a half sister in Wisconsin. The 

 remains were brought home for burial and were interred 

 in Forest Hill cemetery. 



In this sad bereavement, Mr. Dartt has the full sympathy of 

 his large number of friends in the ranks of this society. We 

 will help to bear each other's burdens. 



