58 ANNUAL REPORT 



At the meeting held Feb. 19, 1887, E. F. Lemke, Peter 

 Bohland, Nich. Pothen, Aug. Giesmann, Peter Hahn and Fred. 

 Spangenberg were appointed a committee with power to pur- 

 chase a lot in St. Paul for the purpose of erecting a hall thereon, 

 in which, when completed, the meetings, fairs, etc., will be held. 



At the last annual meeting the following ofiBicers were elected: 



President — Adam Bohland. 



Vice President — Nich. Pothen. 



Secretary — Louis Edlefsen. 



Financial Secretary — Fred Spangenberg. 



Treasurer — August Giesmann. 



Executive Committee — Aug. Eichter, F. W. Muller and Chas. 

 Bunde. Respectfully yours, etc., 



Adam Bohland, President. 



The secretary read the following report: 

 MINNESOTA VALLEY HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I have but a brief report to present. The Minnesota Valley 

 Horticultural Society *is yet alive, and though scarcely two 

 years old it has attained a growth far beyond our most sanguine 

 expectations as to the interest manifested, and is fully up to our 

 anticipations as to numbers. We have now one hundred and 

 twelve members in good standing, being a gain of forty-four 

 since our report of last winter; and I would say here that our 

 strength is augmented by the increased membership of the past 

 year far beyond what the mere numbers would indicate. Our 

 membership of two years ago was obtained by persistent effort, 

 and for the purj)ose, mainly, of trying an experiment, while 

 those of the past year came in almost without an effort, and are 

 mainly men and women of mature age and of ripe experience in 

 that which is of the most importance to us as a society. 



We held our summer meeting on the thirtieth of June, in a 

 grove. Mr. J. S. Harris, of La Crescent, was in attendance at 

 that meeting, and added very materially to the life and interest 

 of the occasion. And here allow me to make a brief quotation 

 from the minutes of that meeting: 



"At 2 o'clock p. M. Mr. Harris took up the [subject of 

 horticulture, mapping out the whole field which the subject 



