524 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ' 



At this point an intermission of ten minutes was taken for 

 the purpose of permitting the members to become acquainted 

 with the commission men present. 



Pres. Underwood: We will now resume our program. "We 

 have an interesting paper on landscape gardening in the 

 country. 



•'The Landscape Gardener in the Country," F. H. Nutter, 

 Minneapolis. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: It is always a great pleasure to have our 

 friend Prof. Pendergast meet with us, and unless he is to 

 remain with us during the afternoon session, I wish he would 

 take some time to give us some words of encouragement before 

 we close our morning session. 



Prof.W.W. Pendergast proceeded to speak of his observations 

 in Washington on the subject of irrigation. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: As the hour has now come for our noon 

 adjournment, I wish to say that there is some one prepared to 

 take a photograph of the members of this society, and they 

 are requested to gather on the west steps of the court-house as 

 they pass out. 



The meeting now stands adjourned to 1:30 this afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Thursday, December 5th. 



Pres. Underwood: We will now listen to a report on the 

 horticultural exhibit at the state fair. 



"Our Exhibit at the State Fair," Wm. Somerville, Viola. 

 (See index.) 



An interesting discussion ensued, after which the resolutions 

 it contained were adopted. 



Mr. J. W. Murray: I think the secretary of our society should 

 be requested to have the leaves of our magazine trimmed. 

 Most of us are old, and life is too short for us to stop to cut 

 the leaves, and I move therefore that the secretary be in- 

 structed to have the leaves of future magazines trimmed. 



The motion, being put to a vote, unanimously prevailed. 



Pres. Underwood: We have a paper here on irrigation, by 

 Mr. Danforth, of Red Wing, and Prof. Green also has a paper on 

 irrigation. We will have these papers read, and then take up 

 the subject of irrigation for discussion. We will first have the 

 report of the committee on irrigation, by Prof. Green. 



