ANNUAL WINTER MEETING. 43 



Northwestern Prairies,"' by J. 0. Barrett, Brown's Valley, 

 Minn. (See index.) 



President Elliot: Mr. Dartt informs me that he has a short 

 paper here on forest trees. While he is getting ready I want to 

 make an announcement. On our program you will see we have 

 a question box. Now we will have a box here on the table to 

 put them in, and if you will prepare any questions you wish to 

 ask between now and tomorrow morning and place them in this 

 box, they will be disposed of fifteen minutes before twelve 

 o'clock tomorrow morning; that is, we will take them up and go 

 as far as time will permit, and then each session after that we 

 will devote fifteen minutes to the question box. 



Mr. Dartt then read the following paper : ' ' Companionship 

 of Trees," by E. H. S. Dratt, Chvatonna. Minn. (See index.) 



A long discussion on forestry ensued. 



The meeting then adjourned to 7 o'clock p. m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Tuesday, Jan. 20. 



President Elliot: The first thing on our program this even- 

 ;g is music, but we did not succeed in getting any, so we will 

 pass that and now Mr. Grimes will e:ive us the address of wel- 

 come. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



BY J. L. GRIMES, MINNEAPOLIS. 



Ladies and Gentlemen of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society: 



It is my pleasant privilege in the name and in behalf of the 

 good people of Minneapolis to extend unto you our cordial 

 greeting, and bid you welcome to all the privileges of our beloved 

 city and the hospitality of its citizens, trusting that we shall be 

 able to make you feel at home while here among us. 



Today you meet in convention to represent the horticultural 

 interests of the state at large, and we feel honored by your 

 presence. 



We meet as friends; we have met before, and we know the 

 object you have in view, which is to elevate and improve all our 

 moral surroundings and make our homes the most endearing 

 spot on earth, attractive and beautiful, by the planting of trees, 

 fruits and flowers, that our sons and our daughters may be edu- 



