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jection, on Saeed of its dinoddeagine tone, 
8. [have a brother-in-law there who is growing fruits 
G raise. 
Ht} Mr. mised. I think if we ask a man to report we should give his 
paper due consideration, if we believe it to be true, and I have no 
doubt that report represents the facts as viewed by the writer. 
Mr. Underwood. We began smothering yesterday, and I am 
sorry for it. Don’t want to do it any more. 
ARBORETUMS. 
The Secretary read Dr. Warder’s communication on establishing 
Arboretums, which was ordered on file. It was as follows: 
To the Horticultwral Society of Minnesota: 
Greetings from an absent friend, from a friend who may never have seen any 
of you, and who yet claims friendship for all those, everywhere, who work in the 
samecause. Horticulture, in its broadest sense, is indeed a cause that is especially 
productive of good to the human race, not merely in an esthetic sense, but in 
the most practical manner: so also in its specialties, from the floral adornments 
of the greenhouses, and of the parterres and shrubberies, or from the creature 
comforts of the vegetable garden and orchard; from the lawn, the avenue, the 
grove and the shelter-belt; and even from the larger plantations, that may aspire 
‘to the title of artificial forests: all, all may contribute to the betterment of our 
race. 
