44 ANNUAL REPORT. 
Mr. Storrs. Not one of those I bought came through the win- 
ter when we had 34°. 
Secretary. Do not think it quite correct to say we are locking 
the door when the horse is stolen, because these agents are still 
at work. And I do not think, either, that the nurserymen are 
responsible for this evil, but I think they could diminish the hum- 
bug greatly by canvassing themselves 
* COMMITTEE ON UNTRIED VARIETIES. 
. Dart. Move that this resolution be referred to committee 
of Ge appointed by the chair. 
The motion was seconded and carried, and Messrs. Harris, Dart, 
and Jordon appointed as such committee. 
Mr. Gibbs. Think we ought to devise some plan of action. 
Our resolutions don’t go far enough. We ought to have a more 
general distribution of the facts through the State in the press. 
Motion to adjourn till 7 Pp. a. was carried. 
TUESDAY EVENING. 
The meeting was called to order by President Grimes at 7:30 
o’clock. The Secretary read the following letters, which were 
ordered filed for publication. 
LETTER FROM JOHN HART. 
WATERTOWN, D.T., Jan. 6th, 1880. 
Prof. C. Y. Lacy,— 
Dear Srr:—Your card of Dec. 2nd, has been forwarded to us from 
Winona to Watertown, our present home. We assure you if we could give 
you anything that would be of benefit to your society or the people of Min- 
nesota, we would cheerfully do so. 
We shall always remember the State Horticulturist Society, and I assure 
you, sir, we feel sorry that we can not attend your winter meeting. 
We are now inva new fleld of operation and nearly due west of Minneap- 
o\is, in a country without a bush, scrub or tree to be seen, but of course our 
first movement in the spring will be t» plant both fruit and shade trees, of 
which we had a carload shipped here last fall, for which the North Western 
Railroad Company did not charge us anything, so you may hear from us in 
