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growing outside of a green-house never show discolored leaves. 

 That they succeed well in captivity without animal food is owing 

 to the better soil in which they grow. If sufiicient nitrogen can 

 be obtained from the soil these plants are not forced to catch 

 animal food, but can live very well without it. It is a well- 

 known fact that all carnivorous plants are only found growing in 

 places where the soil is deficient in nitrogenous substances., and 

 their being able to catch insects must be considered as a great 

 advantage to them. 



Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for your kind attention to 

 this rather lengthy paper. 



President Elliot said the Society was under obligations to Prof. 

 Lugger for his able and very interesting lecture. 



Miss Lizzie E. Smith then favored the Society with a recita- 

 tion, which was well rendered, entitled " Asleep at the Switch.'^ 



On motion of Mr. Harris the meeting adjourned till Thursday- 

 morning. 



MORNING SESSION. 

 THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1889. 



The meeting was called to order at 9 o' clock by President El- 

 liot. 



The report of the seedling commission which was deferred was 

 called for and the following reports made: 



REPORT ON SEEDLING FRUITS. 



By J. 8. Harris, La Crescent. 



Mr. President and Members of the State Hortieultiiral Society: 



During the past year the greater part of the work of the Seed- 

 ling Fruit Commission has been performed by my colleagues, 

 Mr. Sias and Mr. Fuller, who will submit reports at the meeting, 

 hence my report will be brief. 



In the month of March I paid a visit to a seedling orchard in 

 the eastern part of Martin county, formerly owned by a Mr. 

 Rowe and containing some forty or fifty varieties that were 

 twenty or more years old. About ten of the varieties were in 



