98 ; ANNUAL Report. 
- Balsam Fir, Norway and Black Spruce. ¢ ry : 
Motion was made to amend by adding Balsam Fir, Norway and — 
Black Spruce, which amendment was carried by a vote of nine for 
and one against, andthe motion to adopt was then carried by a vote 
of ten for and one against. 
Mr. Gould expressed doubt concerning the success of the butter- 
nut. 
PRESIDENT’S SMITH’S ADDRESS. 
Motion was then made and carried to take up the regular order 
of business which was the address of President Smith. At its con- 
clusion motion was made and carried to file for publication, and 
a vote of thanks was tendered President Smith, The following is 
the address: 
Gentlemen and Ladies, and Members of the Minnesota State Horticultural 
Society :—I am happy to again meet you at this our annual winter meeting, and 
hope that you have all brought abundant fruits of your experience for the past 
year that you can offer for the mutual benefit of all. Iam also glad that we are 
to hold our meetings in and share the hospitalities of this city where the citizens 
and public are so noted for their love of and good taste in horticulture and rura 
adornments. I shall not take up your valuable time with a lengthy address, 
when I know that there are others here much more competent to address you, 
and those that this society are anxiously awaiting to hear, and those whose minds 
are amply stored with the knowledge of experience that they will gladly give 
for the benefit of all if the opportunity is offered them. 
But I can not let this opportunity pass without again calling your attention to 
some of the wants of Minnesota horticulture as they occur to me after twenty 
years apprenticeship at the business here in Minnesota. Now if I should repeat 
many things that have been said before you must not think strange for there are 
many axioms or truths in horticulture as well as other callings that will bear re- 
peating often, and thereby impress them upon the mind. Now we here in Min- 
nesota are differently situated from most of our brother horticulturists in the other 
states of the Union in regard to soil, climate and markets, and, with perhaps the 
exception of western Wisconsin and northern lowa, require different modes of 
treatment and different varieties for our markets from those of most of our other 
states. 
Glutted Markets. 
Now in iregard to markets for such as grow fruits, flowers, vegetables, plants 
or trees for sale, hoping thereby to earn a living for themselves and families, I 
must say the prospects are not as good as I wish or as good as in some other 
localities, for here we have more competition and more to contend against and 
less certainty of renumerative prices than almost any other locality. Our markets 
have changed within the last ten or fifteen years. Before that we could calculate 
something about the supply and probable demand and the etfect upon prices; 
