STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 105 
ARTICLES ON EXHIBITION. 
Mr. Mathews. After looking over the exhibition of fruits, flow- 
ers, &., and seeing so much that ought to be mentioned, I am 
sorry to say that I cannot make a creditable report on the articles 
exhibited; and as I am obliged to leave, I would respectfully ask 
that: some one be appointed to fill my place. We have here an 
exhibition of fruits that ought to be known to the people. 
It was moved and seconded that Mr. Mathews be relieved of his 
duty. Motion was carried, and Mr. Cook, of Rochester, was 
appointed in Mr. Mathew’s place. 
President Grimes. Wouldn’t it be well to consider the invita- 
tion of the President of the University ? 
The Secretary. Seems to me it would be better to make indi- 
vidual visits, not a visit as a body. 
The President agreed, and Mr. Probstfield’s motion to adjourn 
till half past eight to-morrow was seconded and carried. 
THURSDAY MORNING. 
The Society was called to order by Pres. Grimes at 9 o’clock. 
‘The first business attended to was the reading by the Secretary of 
communications from Hon. M. P. Wilder, President American 
Pomological Society; Chas. W. Garfield, Esq., Secretary Michigan 
Pomological Society; Hon. P. Barry, President W. N. Y. Horti- 
cultural Society, and Dr. P. L. Hatch, of Minneapolis. The com-: 
munications were as follows: 
LETTER OF HON. M. P. WILDER. 
Boston, Dec. 29, 1879. 
My Dear Sir: I have looked over the Transactions of the Minnesota 
State Horticultural Society with interest, as well as with profit. I do not 
see how I could advise you to adopt a better system than you have already 
established. Your plan of receiving reports from the various counties, and 
from practical men, is eminently beneficial. This is the way to procure vari- 
eties best suited to different sections of the State. I am much pleased with 
the papers on particular subjects. Several of them are worthy of a wide 
circulation. Exhibitions and discussions are the great elements of progress 
and enterprise. These have been very influential with the Massachusetts 
