488 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The audience was then instructed and entertained by two 

 lantern talks, the first one, entitled "Snapshots on the Road. 

 Nurseries; Top-working; Blister Rust," given by Prof. F. L. 

 Washburn, State Entomologist, University Farm; the second 

 one, entitled "Nature of Plant Diseases," given by Mr. G. R. 

 Bisby, Assistant Plant Pathologist, University Farm. 



The meeting was then declared adjourned until the evening 

 session. 



Tuesday Evening Session. 



Minnesota State Florists' Society. 



Prof. LeRoy Cady, president, in the chair. Meeting was 

 called to order at 8:00 o'clock, and the program proceeded 

 with, as follows: 



"Storing and Handling Gladiolus Bulbs," by Mr. G. D. 

 Black, delegate Northeastern Iowa State Horticultural Society, 

 Independence, Iowa. (See Index.) 



"Resources of Present-Day Florists," by W. E. Tricker, 

 St. Paul. 



"Greenhouse Management," by Prof. Wm. Moore, Univer- 

 sity Farm. 



"Some Native Shrubs and Their Uses," by Mr. E. Meyer, 

 Minneapolis. (See Index.) 



Wednesday Morning Session. 



A half hour question and answer exercise was led by Alfred 

 Perkins, Market Gardener, St. Paul, on the general subject of 

 "The Vegetable Garden." (See Index.) 



Vegetable Gardeners' Program. 



The meeting was called to order by Mr. N. H. Reeves, 

 Minneapolis, President Minneapolis Market Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion at 9:30 o'clock. 



The President: We will continue the garden discussion 

 with a paper by E. C. Willard, of Mankato. Mr. Willard does 

 not seem to be present just now so we will pass to the next 

 number on the program, "Hotbeds and Cold Frames Nine 

 Months in the Year," by N. A. Rasmussen, president Wiscon- 

 sin State Horticultural Society. (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: We will now have an address by Prof. 

 Richard Wellington on the improvement of vegetable varieties 

 by selection. 



"Improvement of Vegetable Varieties by Selection," was 

 then discussed by Mr. Richard Wellington, Horticulturist, Uni- 

 versity Farm. (See Index.) 



