MINNESOTA 



State Horticultural Society. 



TRAXSACTIOXS 18S6-7. 



THE SUMMER MEETING, 1886. 



INOTE. — This Society will not be held respoiusible for individual opinions which 

 are found in this report. — Secretary.^ 



The twentieth semi-annual summer meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Society, in accordance with the action taken 

 by the Society at its annual session in January, was held at the 

 state farm, near St. Anthony Park, Thursday, June 17, 1886. 



Following is the announcement of the fmeeting, premium list 

 and rules: 



In accordance with previous arrangements by the Society, at its last annnal 

 session, the summer meeting will be held on the grounds of the state uni- 

 versity farm, situated nearly midway between St. Paul and Minneapolis, one 

 mile north of St. Anthony Park and near the state fair grounds. 



An opportunity will thus be afforded members of the Society ""and others to 

 visit the state farm and to carefully observe the practical methods there em- 

 ployed for the advancement of the science of horticulture, agriculture and 

 experimental work being conducted there, under the management of Prof. 

 E. D. Porter and the board of regents of the state university. 



The location of the farm is convenient to both St. Paul and Minneapolis, 

 trains leaving hourly from the Union depots of each city over the St. Paul^ 

 Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway. 

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