294 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A motion was made, and seconded, to adopt Mr. Ayres' 

 resolution, which motion was unanimously carried. 



A. W. Latham: Mr. Chairman, the members of the horti- 

 cultural society have all heard, no doubt, of the death of our 

 treasurer, Mr. P. G. Gould. He has been a very useful member 

 of our society for a great many years, one of our life members, 

 a pioneer in the work for many years. His loss will be 

 greatly felt, and we shall greatly deplore him. I move, Mr. 

 President, that a committee be appointed to draft suitable 

 resolutions to be presented at our next annual meeting, as a 

 testimonial of our esteem. 



Pres. Underwood: I would suggest tliat a committee be 

 appointed and have resolutions printed in our next monthly 

 magazine. 



A motion was made to that effect, seconded, and was unani- 

 mously carried. 



Meeting adjourned. 



BEAUTIFUL RESULT OF GRAFTING. 



V. DWINNY. 



Nothing- perhaps strikes the unitiated and even the expert with 

 more wonder than the beautiful effects of artistic grafting or bud- 

 ding. But strange to say little is done in this line either in this 

 country or in Europe, except in the so-called weeping trees, which 

 are drooping-limb trees, top-grafted into erect growing sorts of like 

 nature and kind. Even in greenhouses where every facility exists 

 for artistic grafting, I have never seen a herbaceous graft, though 

 startling and beautiful effects may be obtained by grafting opposite 

 colored geraniums, fuchsias, etc., upon each other. The most ready 

 means of accomplishing this in a greenhouse is by inarching. Pots 

 for that purpose can be set side by side and thus this wondrous 

 work can be done with no difficulty, but rather with pleasure. 



But in the flower garden and lawn the most striking effect can be 

 had by grafting ornamental and flowering shrubs of the same 

 species upon each other. In this way low bush-like flowering shrubs 

 can be transformed into small flowering trees. Thus the white lilac 

 can be grafted on a branch of the purple sort and trained to a single 

 head and trunk with pleasing results. And thus by top-grafting 

 "purple, red and white roses of Sharon (Althea) may be made to 

 bloom upon the same bush. Hardy, robust, tall growing roses, as 

 rosa rugosa (new Japan rose) may be used as a stock upon which 

 to bud, graft or inarch white, red or yellow roses, and thus cause a 

 pleasing, as well as wonderful result. — Fruit. 



