MINNESOTA 



State Horticultural Society. 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 



HELD IN THE 



Town Halli Excelsior. Minn-j 



TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 22, 23, 24, 1890. 

 IN JOINT SESSION WITH THE 



' MINNESOTA BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Note.— The Society will not be held responsible for individual opinions which are found in 

 this report,— Secretary. 



Following is the circular sent out announcing the annual winter 

 meeeting of the Society: 



An invitation has been extended to the Minnesota State Horti- 

 cultural Society by the public-spirited citizens and horticulturists 

 of Excelsior to hold its twenty-third Annual Session at that place 

 January 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1890. 



The Beekeepers' Association will occupy a portion of Friday 

 morning for its second Annual Meeting, and will discuss questions 

 pertaining to Apiary Culture, and as related to horticulture. 



Excelsior is pleasantly situated on the southern shore of Lake 

 Minnetonka, and is one of the best fruit growing districts of the 

 State, and is justly celebrated for its horticultural products. It is 

 a suburb of Minneapolis, eighteen miles distant, and is reached via 

 the Minneapolis and St. Louis Eailway, the depot in Minneapolis 

 being at the corner of Third street and Fourth avenue north. 

 Trains leave for Excelsior at 8:45 and 11 o'clock a. m., and 5;30 p. 

 m.; returning, leave Excelsior at 7:50 a. m., 12:35 and 4:25 p. m. 



A cordial invitation is extended to kindred organizations in oth- 

 er states as well as to Local Societies, to send delegates to the 

 meetings, which are/ree to all. Ladies especially are invited to 

 attend; also, young ladies and gentlemen who desire to become 



