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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A HORTICULTURAL ENTHUSIAST. 



A. W. LATHAM, SEC'Y. 



On August 7th last, a flying- trip took the writer to Springfield, 

 Minn., a pleasant town of some 1,200 population on the C. & N. W. 

 Railway, about thirty miles west of New Ulm and one hundred and 

 fiity from Minneapolis. If for no other reason, this day will be 

 memorable as one in which the temperature stood at 104° in the 

 shade, as it did in that village at 4 p. m. that day. 



II. Knudson and liis Hybrid Sand Cherry, the Compass. 



This visit was made principally to see the somewhat noted hybrid 

 cherry, the "Compass," which was originated by Mr. H. Knudson, of 

 that place. 



