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spider and mealy bug. Lime water will remove earth worms from 
pots. Have spent much time in trying experiments on the mealy 
bug. Am now trying ashes and I believe that lime or ashes can 
be used to rid plants of it. 
Frosted Plants—Watering. 
Mr. Underwood. Have immersed a large number of frozen 
plants in cold water a few moments until the frost was out and 
only a couple of them showed the effects of freezing. 
Mr. Fuller. Have watered my plants this winter with hot 
water in the saucers. The water was nearly boiling hot. Have 
used soot water on soil aad thus kept it free from insects. 
Mr. Grimes moved that a vote of thanks be tendered Mrs. Morse 
for her paper, which was carried unanimously. 
Mr. Grimes’ report on the horticultural exhibit at the Minneapolis 
fair was called for and read by the writer, after which motion was 
made and carried to place on file for publication. The following is 
the report: 
HORTICULTURE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS FAIR OF 1878. 
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the State Horticultural Society:—The exhi- 
bitions of this society are properly connected with that of the State Agricultural 
Society, yet the past season we have had the pleasure of witnessing two fairs— 
the State Fair, and that of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Min- 
neapolis, both held at the same time and in close proximity to each other, which 
for completeness and success were perhaps never equalled in the history of agri- 
cultural fairs. 
Of the horticultural department of the State Fair it is not my purpose now to 
speak, for that has been written up by an abler pen than mine. 
Horticultural Progress. 
But when we look upon the horticultural products exhibited at the Agricultural 
and Mechanical Association, the first week in September last, taken in connection 
with that of the State Fair held at the same time, we are struck with wonder at 
the rapid progress and development made in the cultivation and production of 
fruits in the past ten years. Gentlemen, when I look back to the time when 
about a dozen individuals who were thought to be insane on the subject, first met 
together and organized what they claimed to be the Minnesota State Horticul- 
tural Society, and although they were frequently admonished that fruits could 
never be successfully grown in this cold clime, yet they went on planting out 
trees and seeds, experimenting against all discouragement and hoping at times 
almost against hope, looking for a reward abovethat of dollars and cents; and 
some of those same gentlemen stand here before us to-day, and I am constrained 
to say that there has been no improvement in their mental condition smee. But 
what has been the result? Let that diploma which was awarded us at the Cen- 
