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ulate ever so wisely, if there is a failure in the execution, our planning will 

 prove of little value. The essential laws of production vary but little 

 from season to season, the same general law governs this year that will 

 govern next, or a hundred years hence, susceptible of variation only as we 

 change the conditions from natural sources by artificial means. As I sub- 

 stitute or change the natural conditions with right judgment, so will my 

 product be a success or failure. 



Human nature is the same the world over. Some were born to plan and 

 execute wit'h thoughtful care and intelligent judgment, others can plan 

 and only make failures in their execution, while others are only fitted to 

 execute after another's planning. 



I presume it is not expected that I am to express what the future acts 

 of the members of this horticultural society will be, or the horticultural 

 achievements that they may accomplish. I am no futurist, but prefer to 

 be counted as an expectant of the present age, ever ready to deal with the 

 problems in horticulture of to-day and leave what is to be hereafter to 

 those who may seek to follow in our footsteps. 



What we need most is to plan well for the present, see that our lamps 

 are trimmed, and filled with the oil of persevering energy and industry, 

 that their light may make bright the path we soon shall leave and enable 

 those who follow to profit by our mistakes and successes. 



At the conclusion of the program, as rendered, the society 

 adjourned to take a drive which had been arranged by the 

 citizens of Lake City. The route of the drive lay through the 

 grounds of the Jewell Nursery Company, the residence portion 

 of Lake City and along the shores of Lake Pepin to Rest Island, 

 where the company broke up. The various members of the so- 

 ciety were taken to the homes of the citizens where they were 

 entertained for the night. 



Thus ended one of the most enjoyable summer sessions of 

 the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, for the successful 

 conduct of which the society is under great obligation to the 

 people of Lake City. 



