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the necessary appropriation for such a building it will have to be constructed 

 for the Board of Regents of the State University, and under their manage- 

 ment and control though on plans practically along the lines suggested by 

 the Horticultural Society, as the purpose of its construction is to provide 

 suitable accommodations for this society and other similar societies who may 

 desire to avail themselves of them. It will contain the two necessary halls, 

 one for the meeting, the other for exhibition purposes, suitable offices for 

 the society, etc., everything necessary to make the building a complete plant 

 for the purposes designed. Any objections on the score of possible uncon- 

 stitutionality are removed by this change in the form of legislation. Our 

 president, the building committee of our society and the executive board 

 are practically agreed on accepting this change in our plans, and will press 

 the measure along this line in full assurance that we shall meet with success. 

 Nevertheless it will be necessary for the members to render assistance, 

 which they can do to the greatest advantage by corresponding with their rep- 

 resentatives in the legislature. 



Passing of Capt. A. H. Reed. — The death of Captain Reed, which 

 occurred at his home at Glencoe, Minnesota, Sunday, January 21, removes 

 from our midst one of the most picturesque and at the same time one of the 

 most loyal members the Horticultural Society has ever had. 



He became a member of the society first in the year 1884, lending his 

 strong influence from that time on till almost the day of his death for 

 whatever appealed to him as being for the best interests of the society. 

 For many years up to the last two years he was a regular attendant at our 

 annual meetings, taking considerable part in the discussions, and he im- 

 pressed his personality very strongly upon all who came in contact with him. 



For many years Captain Reed conducted a society trial station on his 

 farm at Glencoe, and during a considerable portion of that time maintained 

 a local Horticultural Society in his town. This station at his request was 

 discontinued a year since on account of a severe accident with which he met 

 and which probably contributed to his death. 



A biography of Captain Reed was published in the report of this 

 society for 1909, to be found on page 440 of that volume, and with it appears 

 an excellent portrait of this sturdy soldier and pioneer of our state. A 

 frequent correspondence passed between Captain Reed and the writer, the 

 last communication from him being only a short time ago in which he 

 expressed as he ever did his interest in the society and its work. 



