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fond of the beautiful and the ornamental. They must have somethin; 
and attractive at home, or they will grow churlish and disconte ar 
the gratification of those innate desires away from the home of 
and which is too often the case, among scenes and associations hart 
jurious to both mind and body. 
To furnish these luxuries and ornaments to which we have allv 
are so essential to our comfort and enjoyment as a people, is especially t 
of our horticulturists, and that they may be prospered in their pleas 
highly useful occupation is the earnest wish of the people of our y oung and and 
flourishing State. 
Your association, as I learn, was formed in Rochester, eleven years a 0, : ‘Since 
that time our city has had a creditable and gratifying growth. Four 
extensive nurseries are established here and are doing a prosperous, and A “doubt 
not, a paying business. For evidence of our material prosperity we point you 
to the broad acres of fertile lands which surround our city on every side, to our 
capacious warehouses and elevators, our fine business blocks and excellent hotels, 
our elegant homes and pleasant streets. That our educational and religious in- 
terests have been nurtured and directed with proper care and effort, our com- 
fortable school buildings and our dozen neat and elegant churches will attest. 
Gentlemen from abroad, on behalf of the resident members of your society, I 
cordially welcome you to the kindness and hospitality of the citizens of Rocheeter. 
PRES. SMITH’S REPLY. 
At the conclusion of the address President Smith thanked Judge 
Eaton for the kind greeting which he had extended to the State 
Horticultural Society, and pledged the efforts of the society to 
bring about the results mentioned. These he said had been the 
efforts of thefsociety heretofore and would be in the future. He 
compared Rochester in Minnesota to Rochester in New York, as 
being a similar center of fruit-raising and tree-growing. 
At the conclusion of President Smith’s reply, a vote of thanks 
was tendered Judge Eaton and a copy of his address requested for 
for publication. 
COMMITTEES. 
President Smith then announced the following committees : 
On finance, Messrs. Kenney, Hollister and Jordan. 
On the articles on exhibition, Messrs. Latham, Brand and Sias. 
On the address of the president, Messrs. Hoag, Harris and Day. 
The secretary having failed to present a formal programme, Messrs. 
Lacy, Pearce and Harris, were appointed a committee to prepare one. 
