298 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



20. Map showing the geographical names and their dates prior to 

 Nicollet's map of 1842. 



Each of the foregoing maps covers the whole state, and is of the size 3 

 feet by 3£ feet, on heavy paper, with spring roller mountings, and can be 

 hung in a common case where they remain rolled, from which any one of 

 them may be pulled down for examination. In that form they were dis- 

 played at New Orleans, and were examined by many people. 



It has been suggested that those maps should be published, in some way, by 

 the horticultural society, or by the society and the survey jointly. It is evi- 

 dent that they embody a large amount of labor by the survey, and I should 

 desire that whatever be the issue of your plans, the survey might have the 

 opportunity of revising them and should finally be allowed the credit of 

 originating them. The general law of the survey, passed in 1872 requires 

 such investigations and such mapping, and it is our purpose, by and by, 

 when the work of the survey is far enough along, to present in one of our 

 final volumes some such maps, accompanied by a suitable text discussion 

 and description of each. These would be united with other maps of the 

 survey, and would constitute a general atlas of the state in uniform style 

 with those volumes that have been published already. It is apparent, 

 however, that there is need of earlier publication of these maps, and I 

 am glad the horticultural society seems to be interested in the work and 

 results of the survey so far as to inquire for them, and to prompt more 

 rapid work and publication. 



In the prosecution of the survey I have been following a plan: and the pre- 

 parations of the agricultural and climatologieal volume of the final report 

 has been anticipated as one of the later volumes. In due time this would 

 be worked out and published. But should it be found desirable and feasi- 

 ble to deviate from the plan so as to enter sooner upon these features, per- 

 haps it may be, through the co-operation of the horticultural and the agri- 

 cultural societies, best to prepare these maps for immediate publica- 

 tion. There are two ways by which this may be accomplished. 



1. Publish the maps as they are, or as they could be corrected, in an 

 edition suitable for the horticultural report. When once prepared and 

 printed the edition should be large enough to supply one of the annual 

 reports of the geological survey, to be issued cotemporaneously with the 

 report of the horticultural society. The cost could be divided between 

 the society and the survey. 



2. Take a little more time and have chapters prepared to accompany 

 each map. Some of these chapters should be prepared by persons select - 

 I'd by the horticultural society, or by the agricultural college. When 

 ready, have the volume issued as one of the final volumes of the geologi- 

 cal survey, the cost of publication being met by appropriation by the leg- 

 islature. 



In conclusion, I may say that I only wish that the maps may be made 

 useful. It was a mistake that there never was any provision made for 

 the publication of the report of the New Orleans exposition, at which the 

 .State of Minnesota expended a large amount of money, and also when 

 Minnesota was honored by awards by the goverment commissioners, and 

 in which the horticultural society took a leading part in the 'preparation 

 of exhibits. 



