36 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EECOED OF SU30IER MEETING. 



( The talks in this record are not reported in full. ) 



Pursuant to notice, the summer meeting was held at Lake 

 City, July 19, 1892. Arrangements had been made by the peo- 

 ple of Lake City who had undertaken the entertainment of the 

 society to hold an out-door meeting in the grove at the resi- 

 dence of J. M. Underwood; but, on account of the inclemency 

 of the weather, it was found necessary to convene in-doors, and 

 the session was held at Masonic Hall. 



About forty members of the society were in attendance and 

 as many more of the ladies and gentlemen of Lake City. The 

 forenoon was passed in social converse, and in the examination 

 of the exhibit of fruits, flowers and vegetables. At one o'clock 

 the company gathered about the tables in the dining hall belong- 

 ing to the Masonic rooms, where the hosts of the occasion had 

 prepared an elegant dinner. After dinner, without adjourning 

 from the dining room, the program prepared for the occasion 

 was proceeded with, as follows: 



President J. M. Underwood: I am not like Mark Tapley, 

 jolly under all circumstances. We expected everything to be 

 smiling and our meeting to be held in the grove, but the threat 

 ening weather dampened my spirits until I came down town 

 and met my friends here, who are always ready to support me 

 in any emergency. They said it would be all right. I find 

 myself much better natured and* feeling much better now that 

 the sun is shining again, than when everything was cloudy and 

 ominous in the morning. 



Our horticultural society has a membership of 325, the larg. 

 est it has ever enjoyed, and we are fast making accessions to 

 our numbers. In holding our summer meeting, as well as our 

 winter meeting, we are always anxious to interest those who 

 are not members, and the little slips at your plates will tell you 

 how you can become members of our society. 



I have the pleasure of introducing to you now the Hon. Wesley 

 Kinney, who will give you a few words of welcome on the part 

 of the people of Lake City. 



Hon. Wesley Kinney: Ladies and gentlemen: — One of the 

 happiest experiences of life, aside from the meeting of old 

 friends, is the formation of new friendships and new ties, an 

 opportunity for which this meeting affords. 



