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ticiiltural society, to be held next December, at Waverly. That 

 is my home, and those who can honor us with their presence 'at 

 that time will be welcome, and we will try and entertain you as 

 well as you have me during the present session. 



Mr. Philips. I want to thank the members of this Society for 

 the courtesy it has extended to your delegates from Wisconsin. I 

 feel that I am indebted to this Society in many ways. When I 

 go out and find my top- worked Wealthy trees doing so nicely, I 

 feel somewhat encouraged. They were top-worked on Virginia 

 crab, and were some my friend Mr. Grimes, sent me; when I 

 see them I always think of him. When I see the Orange and 

 Minnesota hybrids, I think of my lamented friend, Mr. Jewell, 

 who gave me almost my first instructions in orcharding. And 

 as far as that is concerned, I think of you people almost as often 

 as I do of the horticulturists of our own state. Our two states 

 are only divided by the Mississippi river, and we feel where I 

 live, that anything that you may have in Minnesota, that is hardy 

 enough to endure this cold weather of 40° or 45° below — any of 

 the new seedlings or Russians, which you are all looking for so 

 anxiously — which will help you out will also help us out. 



I have been charged by the fruit men as being down on the 

 Eussians; I am not. I have advised people when they invest in 

 them, to go carefully, and to be sure they were right. As soon 

 as we recommend anything to be strictly ironclad, we will very 

 soon find all the tree peddlers supplied with them . A tree peddler 

 called on me last summer, and said the Hibernal was a good tree, 

 when I asked him about it. He said he had seen it in Minne- 

 sota. I took him out and showed him a tree and asked him what 

 he called it, but he could not tell me. I told him that it was the 

 Hibernal. I want to thank you for the kindness we have re- 

 ceived, and in the language that has often been expressed, hope 

 you will still go on and prosper. 



On motion of Col. Stevens, the meeting then adjourned swie die. 



All the meetings of the Society were well attended and much 

 interest was manifested in the discussions had and papers read. 

 The following is from Farm, Stock and Some : 



" The meeting was characterized by many as the best ever held 

 by the Society. The proceedings were extremely pleasant and 

 harmonious; the papers read were terse, brief and practical. 

 The discussions were earnest and able, and the value of the sug- 

 gestions and information given and received is past all computa- 

 tion." 



