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In esthetic horticulture the reward of our labors is in the pleas- 

 urable enjoyment we feel in its results. Our pleasure is pro- 

 portioned to the degree of culture we enjoy. We designate 

 those who follow horticultural pursuits from this standpoint as 

 amateurs. 



Economic horticulture offers a more substantial reward in her 

 golden fruits. While those who have a natural adaptability to 

 the calling will usually succeed best, there are many who follow 

 horticulture for the living they find therein. These we call pro- 

 fessional horticulturists. 



In either case, to best husband the result of our toils, we must 

 know how and when to harvest our crops and what disposition 

 to make of them afterwards in order to reach the highest fru- 

 ition of our labors. 



I have now briefly outlined the course of study which I have 

 followed as a teacher of horticulture. 



Each process, in the progress of the course, was illustrated as 

 fully as it was possible to do by a practical application of the 

 lessons taught; yet we have labored under the great difficulties, 

 which might naturally be expected, in inaugurating a new de- 

 partment in an institution of the character of the one I had the 

 honor of representing. 



It is quite probable that but few of the students whom I have 

 taught, will follow horticulture as a pursuit, yet I tried to im- 

 press them with the thought that, in the years to come, they 

 may look back to the simple lessons they now receive with pleas- 

 ure, if not with absolute profit; for, after all, we r<?cognize and 

 admire the person as fulfilling, to the highest degree, our ideas 

 of a useful and well developed man or woman who has a prac- 

 tical knowledge of what we term every-day affairs. 



The remarks of Prof. Eagan were greeted with applause. 



Prof. Porter extended an invitation to the Society to visit the 

 experimental station and the new school of agriculture on Fri- 

 day morning, stating that teams would be in waiting at St. An- 

 thony Park to convey the visitors to the farm. 



