STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 1: 
them. With regard to the following papers and subjects for discussion, no 
definite place in the Programme could be assigned them in advance. They 
may therefore be taken up at the pleasure of the Society when it will not 
interfere with the foregoing. 
The Catalpa in Minnesota; paper by Col. J. H. Stevens, of Minneapolis. 
Raspberry Culture; paper by J. W. Boxell, of Valley Creek. 
Farmers’ Orchards; discussion. 
Methods of Preserving Fruit; discussion. 
City Gardens; discussion. 
Marketing Fruit; discussion. 
The Purchase of Untried Varieties of Fruits and Plants at Fancy Prices; 
discussion. 
Uses for Crab Apples; discussion. 
Improvement and Adornment of Public School Grounds; discussion. 
Our Horticultural Literature; discussion. 
Shade Trees for Public Highways, Best Kinds, Size, Distance to Set, etc. ; 
discussion. 
Revision of Fruit and Tree Lists.—(1) Apples, (2) Crab-apples, (3) Blight, 
<4) Grapes, (5) Strawberries, (6) Raspberries, (7) Currants, (8) Plums, (9) 
Evergreens, (10) Trees for Forest Planting. 
The meeting will be held in the Council Room, City Hal!, which will be 
kept constantly warm for the protection of fruits and plants on exhibition. 
Entertainment will be furnished to members of the Society on application 
to Col. J. H. Stevens, Chairman of Committee. The Clark House offers the 
reduced terms of $1.50 per day, the usual rate being $2.00. ‘he railways 
leading into Minneapolis-will sell tickets at reduced rates, on presentation 
of special certificate of the Secretary (not the regular membership certifi- 
cate.) y 
The annual membership fee is one dollar, but the meetings of the Society 
are open and free to all, and it is believed that the exhibition of fruits and 
fl »wers, together with the interesting nature of the papers and discussions 
will richly pay for the trouble of attending. The promised exhibition of five 
or six bushels of Wealthy Apples, by Wyman Elliot, Esq., should alone 
-draw a large attendance, when it is remembered that this is, both tree and 
fruit, the product of Minnesota soil and climate. Several florists have 
promised to contribute plants. 
J. T. GRIMES, President. 
CHAS. Y. LACY, Secretary. 
J. M. UNDERWOOD, Treasurer. 
