10 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, — said building and 

 site to be the property of the State of Minnesota. 



Section 2. Power is hereby granted to the Board of Regents 

 of the University of Minnesota and to the executive board of tho 

 Minnesota State Agricultural Society to contract with the execu- 

 tive board of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the 

 erection of said building on the grounds of the University of 

 Minnesota or on the grounds of the Minnesota State Agricul- 

 tural Society, respectively, and for the management and control 

 thereof. 



Section 3. Said building shall be constructed by the Board 

 of Control according to plans and specifications to be provided 

 by the executive board of said Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society, and when completed shall be under the administration 

 and control of said society for the purposes noted ; provided, if 

 said building is located on the grounds of either the University 

 of Minnesota or Minnesota State Agricultural Society the man- 

 agement and control thereof shall be determined between the 

 respective parties. 



Section 4. Should said site be provided by gift or otherwise 

 then all of said appropriation shall be available for the construc- 

 tion of said building as aforesaid. 



Section 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from 

 and after its passage. 



"The Canadian Poplar is distinctly different from the Norway or the 

 Carolina. The two latter are very similar. The vein in the leaf of the 

 Carolina Poplar is red. Of the Norway Poplar yellow or light pink. Their 

 wood when dormant is very similar, the bark being gray and corrugated. 

 The leaves are flat, the edges slightly notched, but the leaf of the Canadian 

 Poplar is curly, the edges crinkle. As you look across them, when they are 

 growing, it is very noticeable and would attract the attention of the ordi- 

 nary observer. The veins of the leaf are generally yellow or pinkish, shad- 

 ing into yellow. The bark, however, is green and smooth. It is a little 

 slower growing than the Carolina or Norway Poplar. It is more hardy, as 

 numerous testimonials from the Dakotas and other locations in the north- 

 west prove. The top has a well developed head, but the growth of the tree 

 is not so rapid that the head will be too heavy for the body and the winds 

 break it down. It is equally as hardy as the Cottonwood, with a more 

 attractive foliage and a more shapely well branched top. This tree is the 

 only one that is sufficiently hardy and resistent to cold extremes and sulphur 

 fumes to warrant its planting at Butte, Mont. In that city it is planted 

 extensively and no other tree seems to take its place. Any trees that will 

 live at Butte, Mont., will grow almost anywhere in the world." — E. A. 

 Smith, Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City. 



