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tained on this point, we have but to refer to our fruit lists, and note the 
ever changing positions of the different varieties. Circumstances and 
printer’s ink may suddenly elevate varieties and men to such high posi- 
tions that there must be a fall; but true merit, though slow in its action, 
will eventually place every variety and every man on their respective lists 
just where they belong. 
- [notice that their constitution requires them to elect one member of 
their executive committee from each congressional district. Ours is 
more liberal. We can elect the whole committee from one locality if we 
prefer to do so. 
Although papers were read on raising vegetables, yet the opinion was 
expressed that thé vegetable department properly belonged with the agri- 
cultural society. ; 
If my memory is correct, flowers were scarcely mentioned. Presumably 
members prefer to discuss things useful rather than those that are purely 
ornamental. Their motto seems to be ‘Short papers and much discus- 
sion.” In this they make a virtue of necessity, for their volume of trans- 
actions cannot be as large as ours; and in the eye of the busy world this 
is a genuine virtue, for it prefers that men’s opinions in regard to their 
particular hobbies shall be well simmered down. 
On the whole it appears to an outsider that this has been a well man- 
aged, harmonious, and very profitable meeting. 
i. HE. S., DARE ET. 
