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tural society, and be then represented by one or more delegates 

 with a full, but condensed report of the year's progress in 

 horticultural investigation. 



I wish to call your attention to one vital point in all our dis- 

 cussions; when we give an instance of success or failure in our 

 experimental work, we should state distinctly the location, 

 with the name of the varieties and address of the person cor- 

 rectly, that it all may go on record for future reference, and 

 all committee reports should state the county and town where 

 made. 



INDEX. 



I wish to suggest the propriety of printing with our coming 

 volume, a subject indicator index of all our previous annual 

 horticultural reports, the subjects of each year arranged 

 together in alphabetical order by sections, giving a short item- 

 ized account of what each volume contains. This would be not 

 only of use to the oldest members of our society, but would be 

 valuable information to our new members, citing topics which 

 had already been discussed and in which volume of our reports 

 they could be found. 



There should be an individual responsibility resting with 

 each member of our society in securing increased membership' 

 and where it is possible, giving a wider circulation to our 

 reports. 



In closing I wish to leave this thought with you, if our 

 failures have been without number, our prospects for the 

 future were never brighter. "The highest achievements are 

 not attained without difficulty. " 



DISCUSSION. 



J. S. Harris: I will move that the chairman appoint a 

 committee of three to report day after tomorrow, the first 

 business in the afternoon on the president's address. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



J. S. Harris: While the chairman is making his 

 selection of the committee I would like to ask a 

 question for my own information and for the information 

 of a good many people in the state of Minnesota. 

 The question comes to me every little while: Have we 

 .a state forestry association? I am not aware that we have any. 

 We know there was enough of it so that the legislature recog- 



