NOTICE OF SUMMER MEETING, 1917 



A JOINT SESSION OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



AND ITS AUXILIARIES, THE MINNESOTA STATE GARDEN FLOWER 



SOCIETY, THE MINNESOTA STATE BEE KEEPERS SOCIETY 



AND THE NORTHWESTERN PEONY AND IRIS SOCIETY. 



Will be held WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27th, 1917, in the Gymnasium 



at University Farm, St. Paul. 



The Gymnasium Building, in which this meeting- is to be again held, 

 was found last year to be espeically well adapted to our purposes. A very 

 large room, excellently well lighted on three sides, with no posts in the 

 center to interfere with the view gives an opportunity for a comprehensive 

 view of the whole display at one time, which adds greatly to its attractive- 

 ness. The grounds about this building and on the wooded slopes around the 

 football field, lying just south of the building, are now in a comparatively 

 finished condition and fairly well sodded. The gymnasium will be open to 

 exhibitors early in the morning, but visitors who are not exhibitors will be 

 barred until noon, at which time the exhibition will be complete and judging 

 done. It is almost impossible to do this work with the crowd of visitors 

 who attend this annual display of flowers, making it absolutely necessary 

 that it should be completed before visitors are admitted. 



The Exhibition will remain in place undisturbed until 9 o'clock in the 

 evening. All the flowers and fruits exhibited become the property of the 

 association and will be distributed later to the various hospitals in the 

 Twin Cities. 



The Premium List following this notice is practically the same as pub- 

 lished in the May number of our monthly, and with a very few changes the 

 same that was used last year. The winter of 1916-17 with a large fall of 

 snow in this part of the state and plenty of moisture in the ground, create 

 conditions especially favorable to perennial flowers, and with fairly favor- 

 able conditions since then we have every reason to anticipate an extraordi- 

 nary display, probably the finest the society has ever made. The North- 

 western Peony and Iris Society, a new organization, for the first time par- 

 ticipating in the summer exhibition, will add interest to the gathering, and 

 especially so as it is understood that a number of peony experts from a 

 distance will visit us. 



Demonstrations. There will be usual demonstrations at the Farm, 

 one by Professor Francis Jager, apiculturist, at 11:30 at the Apiary Build- 

 ing. No special subject has been announced for this, but it will certainly 

 prove to be a profitable occasion to those attending. Professor A. G. 

 Ruggles, of the Entomological Department, announces a display of spraying 

 machines, of which there are a number of kinds at the Farm. It will be 

 made just north of the Spraying Laboratory. 



Guides to the Grounds. — Guides will be in attendance to escort vis- 

 itors about the grounds to various points of interest. These guides will 

 be prepared to answer questions pertaining to the various branches of edu- 

 cational work at the farm. Those who wish to take advantage of the service 

 will meet the guides at the gymnasium at 10:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. The 

 guides will wear suitable badges. 



Picnic Dinner. — In regard to the picnic dinner, which will occupy the 

 time between noon and 2:00 o'clock, we are not quite sure as to where it 

 will be held, but probably hear the dining hall. Should the weather be 

 unfavorable of course there is plenty of room inside the gymnasium build- 

 ing. Coffee will be provided, but the picnickers must furnish their own cups 

 out of which to drink it. 



Afternoon Meeting. — At 2 p. m. the afternoon session of the meeting 

 will be held in the same room in which the display of flowers is made, at 

 least that is the present plan unless the display should attain unexpected 

 dimensions, in which case some suitable place, probably in the grove near 

 the gymnasium building, will be used for that purpose. There will be 



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