ANNUAL MEETING, 1916. 3 



was only one absentee from the program that morning. It held 

 a large audience to the very moment of closing, considerably past 

 the noon hour. Wednesday afternoon session was occupied first 

 with spraying experiences and a discussion of orchard pests by 

 some of the professors of University Farm, the last part of 

 the afternoon belonging to the program of the Garden Flower 

 Society, one of the most interesting branches of work presented 

 at the meeting. 



Thursday forenoon is the official session of the society, with 

 its annual reports, all of which, however, were passed for early 

 publication to make room for the seven or eight practical papers 

 on horticulture, which fully occupied the time. The reader would 

 do well to look over again the program of these various sessions, 

 which will be found on page 475 of the report of the society for 

 1916. It is well worth studying, and especially when you know 

 that all of these papers and the discussions following will be pub- 

 lished during the year in the society monthly. Thursday after- 

 noon at the outset there was found place for a presentation of the 

 boys' and girls' club work in Minnesota, and two nice little talks 

 from some of their prize winners. Then followed the election of 

 officers, Pres. Cashman being re-elected, and two new members 

 of the board being elected for the ensuing three years, Mr. Ed. 

 Yanish, of St. Paul, as successor to Langford W. Smith, and H. J. 

 Baldwin, of Northfield, as successor to John P. Andrews, who 

 had served on the board with marked fidelity for twenty-three 

 consecutive years. At this point was presented the names of 

 eight persons, a list which was recommended by the executive 

 board for honorary life membership on account of long and dis- 

 tinguished service with the society as follows : 



Mrs. Anna B. Underwood, Lake City ; Miss Emma V. White, 

 Minneapolis; Mrs. Jennie Stager, Sauk Rapids; John Penney, 

 Cushing, Wis.; Martin Penning, New Ulm; John W. Murray, 

 Excelsior; P. Clausen, Albert Lea; H. J. Ludlow, Worthington. 



The remainder of the afternoon was occupied with the semi- 

 centennial anniversary session, a full program as arranged being 

 here presented — and it seems to me worth while to here repro- 

 duce this program, as it needs special emphasis and should again 

 be recorded for permanent preservation. The numbers on this 

 program are likely to be all published in some one issue of our 

 monthly during the coming year : 



