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The election of officers for the year 1884, was then proceeded 

 ■with by ballot and resulted as follows, all the elections being de- 

 clared unanimous : 



President — Trumaw M. Smith, St. Paul. 



Vice-Presidents — A. W, Si as, Rochester ; E. H. S. Dartt, Owa- 

 tonna ; F. G. Gould, Excelsior ; G. W. Puller, Litchfield ; A. H. 

 Reed, Glencoe. 



Secretary — Oliver Gibbs Jr., Lake City. 



Treasurer— J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis. 



Executive Committee — President, Secretary and Treasurer, and 

 J. S. Harris, La Crescent, R. J. Mendenhall, Minneapolis, C. L. 

 Smith, Minneapolis, J. M. Underwood, Lake City, W. E. Brim- 

 hall. St. Paul. 



A draft for new constitution and by-laws was presented by the 

 Secretary, and on motion referred to R. J. Mendenhall, Wyman 

 Elliott, G. W. Fuller, J. M. Underwood and A. W. Sias, as a com- 

 mittee to report at next meeting. 



The following telegram having been brought in: 



Des Moines, Iowa, January 17, 1884. 

 To the Minnesota State Horticultural Society^ in session at Minne- 

 apolis : 



The Horticultural Society of Iowa sends greeting. We join 

 hands witti you in common endeavors to raise the standard of horti- 

 culture in our respective States. 



J. J. Wragg, 



E. R. Shankland, 



Committee. 

 Was received with applause, and the secretary being instructed 

 to return our greetings in the same spirit, answered as follows: 



College oe Agriculture, 

 Minneapolis, Jan. 17, 1884. 



To the Iowa State Horticultural Society^ in session at Des Moines: 

 Telegram of this date received, and sentiments cordially recipro- 

 cated by the Minnesota Horticultural Society. We are Bqdd- 

 ing some of your ideas on hardy stocks. 



OLIVER GIBBS, Jr., 



.Secretary. 

 Delegates were elected to other horticultural societies as follows: 

 M. Pearce, Oliver Gibbs, Jr., and E. H. S. Dartt, to the Missis- 

 sippi Valley Horticultural Sosiety, next week. 



G.W. Fuller to the Iowa State Horticultural Society, next year. 



