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baskets, all growers and dealers in the United States to be gov- 
erned by the same.”’ 
Mr. Harris: I move the adoption of that resolution. It isa 
good thing. 
The motion was seconded and duly carried. 
Vice-President Wedge: As it is now,our usual hour of ad- 
journment, we will close the discussion and adjourn, to meet 
again in this hall at 2o0’clock. 
The society here adjourned. 
AFTERNOON SESSION, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20. 
The meeting was called to order at two o’clock by Vice-Pre- 
sident Wedge. 
Vice-President Wedge: The question box is the first thing 
on the program this afternoon. (These will be found under their 
proper heads.) 
Secretary Latham: The next question is, ‘‘“Should the Min- 
nesota State Horticultural Society adopt the Director System, 
as practiced in lowa?” 
Mr. Dartt spoke at considerable length upon this question, 
and concluded by moving that the president appoint a com- 
mittee to take the matter into consideration and report some- 
thing definite before the close of the session. He suggested 
that a committee of three be appointed for that purpose. The 
motion was seconded and carried. 
The secretary then read ‘‘A Report of the Committee on 
House and Greenhouse Flowering Plants,” by A. S. Swenson, 
St. Paul, Minn. (See indevw.) 
The society then listened to an interesting paper and report 
on the same subject written and read by E. Nagel, Minneapolis, 
Minn. (See index.) . 
_ Vice-President Wedge: Mr. Nagel is the gentleman who is 
showing us these beautiful flowers, which are from his green- 
houses in Minneapolis. 
Vice-President Wedge: The next in order is a paper by Mr. 
Swenson, of St. Paul. 
_ The following paper was here read by Secretary Latham: 
‘‘In what way can the Florists and the Horticultural Society be 
Mutually Beneficial?” by A. S. Swenson, St. Paul, Minn. (See 
indea. ) 
Vice-President Wedge: We will now have the pleasure of 
istening to a paper upon that subject written by Miss Sarah 
M. Manning, of Lake City. 
