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Mr. Dartt. That would be good for the Central Station but not 

 so good for the Owatonna station. 



Mr. Wilcox. I want to ask Prof. Green if the experiment sta- 

 tion sent out fifty vines into into every favorable location and the 

 parties receiving theni made them an established success, if he 

 does not believe it would be a benefit to every nurseryman in this 

 state? 



Prof. Green. I have no doubt it would be a benefit. I believe 

 it would be a good thing; but I do not think it is the office of an 

 experiment station to do such work. That is not experiment work. 



On motion it was then voted that in the opinion of the society it 

 was unwise for paid experiment stations to raise trees for sale. 



Mr. Harris then offered the following resolution: 



Resolved, That our thanks are due to Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, of Manitoba, 

 and Edson Gaylord, of Iowa, for honoring this meeting with their presence 

 and expressions of good will, and that we extend to them the usual courtesy 

 of an honorary membership for the term of five years. 



REMARKS BY MR. BURNETT. 



Mr. Burnett, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: — I must 

 express to you my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon 

 me in electing me a member of your society for five years, and I 

 can only say that at the expiration of that time I hope to know 

 more of horticulture than I do now. I came down here something 

 like the heathen in his blindness, as far as horticulture is con- 

 cerned. I have been up among the polar bears groping in the 

 darkness. I can tell you that after having bought a good many 

 trees, etc., for years from tree agents that have come along, I am 

 well convinced that there are many things that will not grow in 

 Manitoba and I thought I would put an end to such buying and 

 find out what to do by attending your meeting. I must say that 

 the members of this society have never shown the slightest sign of 

 impatience in giving me all the information they reasonably could. 

 I think what I have learned will be of great benefit to me when I 

 get back to Manitoba. I think I am going back filled with some 

 little idea as to what is the proper course to pursue in the future. 

 I cannot sit down without thanking you for the very kind manner 

 in which we have been received by the citizens of Excelsior; they 

 could not have received us better than they have done, and I only 

 hope that if any of the citizens of Excelsior ever come to Manitoba 

 they will enquire for Frank Burnett, and I am sure he will try to 

 extend to them the same hospitality that they have extended to 

 him and Mrs. Burnett. 



Mr. Latham. There are always some matters that come before 



