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Resolved, That we learn with great regret that the railroad companies 

 of this state are so short-sighted and unmindful of their own true inter- 

 ests as not to grant the usual convention rates to this society. 



liesolved, That there be a committee of three appointed to wait on the 

 railway managers, and convey them the sense of injustice that is felt by 

 this society. 



Mr. Hays moved that the resolution be adopted and that the 

 president appoint a committee of three to act in the matter. 



Motion was carried, and President Underwood announced 

 that he would defer the appointment of a committee until later. 



Mr, J. S. Harris moved a vote of thanks to Senator C. K. 

 Davis and Congressman Lind and also to the general govern- 

 ment for the appointment of a special agent of pomology for 

 Minnesota. Motian seconded and carried. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot moved that any member of the associa- 

 tion who wished to attend neighboring horticultural meetings 

 as delegates at their own expense be invited to do so. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. J. S. Harris announced that he intended to attend the 

 meeting of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



The society then adjourned to meet in the evening at Villa 

 Rosa. 



Evening Session, Friday, January, 13th, 1893, 

 Villa Rosa, Minneapolis. 



In accordance with the invitation extended by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Dorilus Morrison, the society convened at their residence, Villa 

 Rosa, Friday evening, January 13th, at 7:30 p. m. About 

 seventy- five members attended, accompanied in many cases 

 by their wives, daughters or friends, making the whole num- 

 ber present in the neighborhood of one hundred. The residence 

 had been prepared for the meeting in an appropriate way, by 

 decorations characteristic of the interests in which the society 

 is engaged, the flowers and fruit pieces arranged about the rooms 

 forming a beautiful sight. A program had been prepared', 

 consisting of addresses of welcome and responses to toasts 

 from members of the society and invited guests, and it was 

 pleasantly carried out as follows : 



Words of welcome by Prof. W. W. Folwell of the State University: I 

 suppose it may be a matter of wonder to some of j'ou, why one not of this 

 house should stand up here to make a so-called address of welcome, but 

 that is easily understood. It is not exactly a household matter, it is a 

 kind of Minneapolis matter. So It is a perfectly natural thing that one 

 of the neighbors, who wanted to make himself useful, should be called in 

 to perform this service. (Applause.) I am very happy on behalf of this 

 household and the city of Minneapolis to welcome this society to the city 



