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thorough sprinkling of Paris green. There were perhaps one- 

 tenth of them in bloom. I don't know that I have seen a leaf- 

 roller on my grounds since that time till last fall when 1 

 noticed a very few. I think it was the Paris green that de- 

 stroyed them. 



On motion of Mr. Cutler the chair was requested to appoint a^ 

 legislative committee, the president to act as chairman of said 

 committee. Prof. E. D. Porter and J. T. Grimes were named to 

 compose said committee, with the president. 



PLACE OF NEXT MEETING. 



Prof. Porter moved that the place of holding the next meet- 

 ing of the Society be left with the executive committee. 



Mr. Cutler thought it was not good policy for a state institu- 

 tion like this to be placed on wheels and set running around the 

 country. St. Paul and Minneapolis were the most central and 

 the best for the interests of the Society, as well as most conveni- 

 ent for members. 



Mr. Dartt thought the Society was a benefit to the locality where 

 its meetings were held, and there were other sections of the State 

 that were entitled to receive such benefits besides the cities 

 named. Good meetings had been held in other parts of the State 

 and quite as much had been accomjjlished for the cause as when 

 the meeting had been held here. Although he had been pleased 

 with the entertainment afforded at meetings held in Minneapolis, 

 he could not say that he had been always satisfied in that regard 

 with St. Paul. The Society ought to go to Mankato, as new 

 fields were said to be good fields to work in; that was a thriving, 

 growing town. The people of St. Paul did not need, perhaps, 

 any more enthusiasm in horticulture. If the Society went to 

 Mankato they might find a lot of horticultural "sinners," who 

 if brought to "repentance" would help the cause. He favored 

 the motion, as he would like to investigate and see what Owa- 

 ^onna could offer as an inducement for the next meeting. 



The motion of Prof. Porter was adopted. 



On motion, the following delegates were appointed to represent 

 the Society at the meeting of the Wisconsin State Horticultural 

 Society, to be held at Waukegan, Feb. 10—18, 1887, viz. : J. S. 

 Harris, Prof. D. R. Magiunis and C. L. Smith. 



On motion, President Elliot was named as delegate to repre- 

 sent this Society at the meeting of the American Pomological 



