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Rochester. Some one asked if any guarantee could be given, in 
case the meeting were held there, that the Society would not be 
run by Mr. Jordan. This led to a somewhat extended discussion, 
of which Mr. Jordan was the chief subject, after which the 
motion was carried unanimously. 
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ORGANIZATION OF nibs HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, 
The report of the Committee on the Organization of Cady 
Horticultural Societies was read. The report was accepted, and 
the committee continued with power to act. 
The report was as follows: 
Your committee report progress, and are in favor of publishing a pamph- 
let briefly enumerating the advantages of horticultural organizations, and 
the relations of the same to this Society, their rights under the laws of the 
State, the method of organizing such societies, and a brief constitution for 
their use. Cuas. Y. Lacy, 
W. T. Scott. 
REPORT ON PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
The report of the Committee on the President’s Address was 
read and accepted. It was as follows: 
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Your committee report in favor of referring the whole subject of an 
exhibition by the Horticultural Society to the Executive Committee, with 
power to act. 
REPORT OF MR. LATHAM. 
The committee acting with the State Agricultural Society made 
a verbal report, but the Secretary failed to get the substance of it. 
The report of A. W. Latham, Esq., of Excelsior, of the General 
Fruit Committee, was read and ordered on file for publication. 
The following is the report in full: 
To the Minnesota State Horticultural Society: 
Review. 
The labor of another year has been crowned with success, and our further 
efforts in growing the apple and the grape have produced results most 
encouraging. While there are but few varieties of the common apple 
(pyrus malus) that can be planted with safety and certainty in our orchards, 
