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but should be in the front rank of exhibitors in all the twelve 

 departments as now agreed upon by the directors. If we ex- 

 pect to make such an exhibition as should be made, especially 

 by our horticulturists, there is great need of regular organized 

 endeavor on the part of our society and every person in any 

 way interested in the development of fruits, flowers and veget- 

 ables, and a hearty co-operation requested from all citizens, 

 whether members of this society or not. There should be 

 means taken at once to have a committee designated to repre- 

 sent the interests of this society to our World's Fair state com- 

 missioners, and one of their duties should be to put themselves 

 in close communication with persons having charge of any 

 horticultural industry, that proper material may be collected, 

 collated and prepared for statistical information to be pub- 

 lished in a handbook of horticulture. This would be one of the 

 valuable indicators of our state revenues, in educating the 

 many thousand visitors who attend our World's Fair horticul- 

 tural exhibition. It would be well to consider at this session, 

 who would be the most fitting person to recommend to our gov- 

 ernor for appointment on the World's Fair commission as a 

 representative of the interests of this society. 



HORTICULTURAL NEEDS. 



What we ought to do, and what we can do, should be con- 

 sidered fairly, judiciously and wisely. All admit we have done 

 and are doing much for the cause of horticulture in our state. 

 Should we not seek to consider this question : ' 'Are there any 

 particular lines of investigation that will give better results, 

 demanding our immediate attention?" One thing presents it- 

 self for consideration. No doubt, there now exist many excel- 

 lent varieties of fruits, particularly of apples, of local reputa- 

 tion, which are not on record in our reports. We have done 

 much, but are not doing enough systematic work in searching 

 out and placing on record the merits of many of our native 

 seedling and other varieties of apples. There may be many of 

 these that have valuable qualities worthy of propagation and 

 wider dissemination, that could be secured if we had means to 

 put some one in the field to search out the varieties adapted to 

 certain localities. 



FORESTRY. 



I throw out this suggestion with regard to continuing the 

 work of foresty in our society. It seems almost futile for us 



