3 ANNUAL REPORT. 
covered with tassels of the brightest scarlet flowers. They 
are, however, very tender, and will be entirely destroyed by 
the first frost. They may be grown as an annual by sowing 
the seed in a hot-bed. er il 
Among the “ Feverfews,” the double white “ Feverfew” is 
indispensable in the smallest collection of flowers, as it blooms 
freely throughout the whole summer and is so very useful in 
the formation of boquets. 
If time would permit I should love to speak of roses, pinks, 
dahlias, fuchias, pelargoniums, and hosts of other favorites ; 
but I must refer you to the splendid exhibition which the 
ladies and gardeners of Minneapolis have arranged so taste- 
fully in this hall ; and I must confess that my greatest help in 
this, my first attempt in essaying, came from witnessing a 
gorgeous sunset while passing through Lake Pepin as the last 
rays fell upon the famous Maiden Rock, and my visit to this 
hall. 
In conclusion, I advise every lady to grow flowers and make 
Paradises to sweeten their lives. And do not be satisfied 
with growing them. Set them on your table, a whole boquet 
if you have it; if not, a single flower, a rose, a pink, a violet, 
or a geranium leaf, the best and sweetest that you have, to 
remind you of the elegance of nature’s productions, the 
glories of creation and the bliss of heaven. Give them 
freely to the children of the poor, and plant them where they 
may gladden other eyes than your own. This is a blessed 
world if we would make it so. 
REPORT OF O. D. STORR, WINSTED LAKE, IN REPLY 
TO CIRCULAR OF THE SECRETARY. 
1. I have about thirty-five different varieties of apples, 
among which are the Duchess, Haas, Ben Davis, Tetofsky,. 
Red Astrachan, Perry Russet, Tallman Sweeting, Sweet Pear, 
Saxton or Fall Stripe, Wealthy, Morrison’s Treasure, Julia, 
Bellflower, Walbridge, Black Vandivere and several others, 
also many varieties of crabs. ; 
The first eleven varieties are three and four years old, trees 
planted out two years ago, all froze more or less. Morrison’s 
or Shakopee, injured the least, only three or four inches late 
fall growth ; Wealthy, one-half the tree killed, Julia killed to 
the snow line. The others killed half-way down, others to the 
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