522 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAT. SOCIETY. 



RECORDS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



RECORD OF MEETINGS OP' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DURING 1893. 

 Meeting- held at Lumber Exchang-e, Minneapolis, Jan. 13, 1893. 

 All the members were in attendance. The following- bills were 

 audited: 



C. W. H. Heideman, expense as delegate to South Dakota Hortic- 

 ultural Society $22.75 



J. M. Underwood, railway fare to annual meeting 2.7o 



J. S. Harris, expense executive committee 8.25 



O. F. Brand, expense executive committee 7.19 



Mrs. Jennie Stager, expense of vice-pres. to annual meeting 4.00 



Adjourned sine die. 



A. W. Latham, Secretary. 



Meeting held at the residence of Mrs. Dorillus Morrison, Januarj- 

 13, 1893. 



All the members were present. As directed b}^ the action of the 

 society, a committee of three, consisting of Mrs. D. Morrison, Wyman 

 Elliot and A. W. Latham was appointed to examine into the practi- 

 cabilit}- of holding a national rose show in Minneapolis in 1894. to 

 report to the executive committee at a convenient date. 



Adjourned sine die. 



A. \V. Latham, Secretary. 



Meeting held at the society library, Feb. 15, 1893. 



The committee convened at 10:30 a. m., all the members being 

 present except Prof. S. B. Green and O. F. Brand, and proceeded to 

 appoint standing committees for the current 3'ear. (For the list see 

 the report of 1893.) 



Adjournment was then taken for lunch. 



Re-convening at 2:00 p. ra., Prof. S. B. Green was in attendance in 

 addition to those present in the forenoon. The following resolution 

 was unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That we are not in favor of the repeal of the tax levy 

 made in the interest of tree planting, as proposed in a bill intro- 

 duced into the lower branch of our legislature, believing that its 

 repeal would discourage needed planting of trees on our open 

 prairies. We respectfully ask that the tree bounty law remain in- 

 tact to advance the practical interests of forestry. 



Upon motion the chairman of this committee was authorized to 

 audit the bill of the shorthand reporter at the late meeting, when 

 presented. 



Plans under discussion pertaining to the free distribution of 

 strawberry plants to the children of the state, and to the offering of 

 premiums to new members of the society, were referred to a sub- 

 committee consisting of J. M. Underwood, Wyman Elliot and A. W. 

 Latham, with power to act. 



Chairman Wyman Elliot being called awa}-, J. S. Harris was 

 elected chairman pro tem. 



The following resolution was adopted without dissent: 



Resolved, That the executive committee of the Minnesota State 

 Horticultural Society heartily' endorse the project of an exhibit of the 



