50 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Give fools their gold, and knaves their power, 



Let fortune's bubble rise and fall, 



Who sows a fleid or trains a flower, 



Or plants a tree is more than all. 



For he who blesses most is blest; 



And God and man shall own his worth 



Who toils to leave as his bequest 



An added beauty to the earth. 



And soon or late to all who sow 



The time of harvest shall be given; 



The flower shall bloom, the fruit shall grow, 



If not on earth, at least in heaven." 



Mr. J. S. Gray: Mr. President: — I wish to offer the follow- 

 ing motion: 



I move that the thanks of this society be and are hereby ten- 

 dered to the people of Lake City for the bounteous feast we 

 have enjoyed this day, provided by them for the members of 

 this society, and also to the mayor and city council of Lake 

 City for the "freedom of the city." 



The motion was put by the president and carried unani- 

 mously. The report of Prof. S. B. Green, superintendent of 

 central experiment station, was here submitted as follows: 

 (See index. ) 



Music — Duet. 



President Underwood: I thought, when Mr. Wyman Elliot 

 announced that he could no longer be with us, but must take 

 up his home somewhere else, what a great loss it would be to 

 us, and, especially so, when I found myself in his position. But 

 I have pleasure recently in the thought that Mr. Elliot is not 

 going to leave us, but will be here to help in planning and 

 carrying out the work of our society. We will hear from him 

 in response to the toast, "Our Future, — What we have planned 

 and what we will execute." 



Response by Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis: 



Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: I think my mantle has fallen 

 on pretty good shoulders. I think here to-day we have an evidence of it. 

 What the future will bring forth we have yet to prove. 



When I was a small boy I found it very hard to make a speech and to 

 get up and say it, and now that I am grown it is no easier, so I have pre- 

 pared a memorandum of what I want to say, and I leave it for you to 

 judge whether it is applicable. 



The amonnt of thought and right judgment exercised in our planning fol- 

 lowed by persistent execution will largely determine what will be the fu- 

 ture product of each individual, society or organization. Each detail of 

 work from the first conception to the final completion must be pushed 

 with vigor and zeal, in conformity with the laws of production, of what- 

 ever kind or nature the busine&s consists. Let us plan ever so well or spec- 



