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and twenty, .sorncwtiere about that number; and about sixty-seven 

 ladies are in attendance upon the summer school, which closes two 

 weeks from today. 



I thank j'ou for j'our attention, and shall be >^lad to see you all 

 here at some time and shall be glad to show you about the grounds. 



J. O. Barrett: I am pleased to inform the ladies and gentle- 

 men of the meeting that our old friend and co-worker, Col. 

 Stevens, is gradually recovering. He is now able to move his 

 hands and is able to speak quite freely. 



Prof. S. B. Green: I would like to offer the following resolu- 

 tion : 



RBSOL\"En, that we hereby request the Division of Forestry of the National 

 Departtnent of Ajjriculture to co-operate with and aid our State Experiment 

 Station in its study of the best methods of reforesting the cut-over timber lands of 

 this state. 



A motion was made and seconded to adopt Prof. Green's 

 resolution, which motion was unanimously carried. 



Mr. Harris: I would move that the State Horticultural 

 Society give a vote of thanks to the State "Experiment Station 

 for the cordial hospitality we have met with and the generous 

 treatment we have received at their hands, and also that we 

 send our greetings and sympathy to our friend Col. Stevens, 

 and our best wishes for his restoration to health. 



J. O. Barrett: And with them this bunch of roses. 



President J. M. Underwood: You have heard the motion. 



The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. 



Governor Pillsbury: As president of the Board of Regents, 

 I take great pleasure in returning to this organization that has 

 met here today our thanks for meeting here on these grounds. 

 I do this with a great deal of pleasure, for this institution is 

 yours, it belongs to every one in the state, and we are exceed- 

 ingly gratified to have you meet here, and we want you to 

 consider this as your property. These grounds and these 

 buildings are at your disposal at all times. I thank j'ou. 



Mr. H. B. Ayres: I would like to add a postscript, .so to 

 speak, if it is not asking too much, and introduce a resolution: 



Resolved, that we encourage the setting apart of some small aroa of well- 

 timbered university or other state lands to be operated by the university, 

 according to the best svstem of forestry, for the purpose of illustrating the advan. 

 tages of forest munugement. 



It is of much importance. I think, to have well stocked lands. 

 The point important to show is that forest management applied 

 to these lands is more profitable than the present lumber oper- 

 ations. 



