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6. Resolved, That the thanks of this society are due to E. H.S. Dartt 
for the fatherly interest that he has manifested for the care and comfort 
of each member of this society; that we recognize his great devotion to 
the cause of horticulture. 'The work of his Experimental Station we 
especially commend as that of a faithful and devoted (and at the same 
time underpaid) friend of horticulture. 
7. Resolved, That we thank the Minneapolis Journal for their full and 
fair report of the proceedings of this meeting. 
8. Resolved, That thanks of this society are due to such of the railroads 
of this state as have granted reduced fares to the members of this society. 
On motion the report was accepted. 
The society then listened to the report of the committee ap- 
pointed on the subject of the horticultural exhibit at the 
World’s Fair. 
Prof. Green, chairman of the committee, offered the follow- 
ing resolutions: 
Resolved, That the Minnesota State Horticultural Society insist upon 
the necessity of an appropriation of $15,000.00 for the horticultural exhibit 
at the World’s Columbian Exposition, as the minimum amount required 
to make such an exhibition as the interest of the state demands; and, 
Resolved, That the Minnesota State Horticultural Society heartily 
endorses the recommendation of the executive committee in the appoint- 
ment of A. W. Latham as superintendent of the horticultural exhibit of 
our state at the World’s Columbian Exposition. 
J. M. UNDERWOOD, 
F. G. GOULD, 
S. B. GREEN. 
The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the society. 
President Underwood: What will the society do with the 
motion made yesterday to change the time of meeting of the 
society to the second Tuesday in January, so as not to conflict 
with the meeting of the Iowa society? 
Mr. Wilcox: I move the constitution be amended so as to 
change the time of meeting from the third Tuesday to the sec- 
ond Tuesday of January. 
The motion was duly seconded and carried. 
- Secretary Latham: The executive committee appointed a 
sub-committee to arrange about the library at the headquarters 
in Minneapolis. The room is rented at the rate of five dollars 
per month, and I think the society should authorize the proper 
officers to draw upon the treasurer for this rent at suitable 
times. I now move that the president be authorized to draw 
orders for the payment of this rent from time to time, as the 
bills are presented. 
The motion was duly seconded and carried. 
