420 ANNUAL EBPORT. 



HENNEPIN COVNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This Society was organized February 16, 1884, and meets the 

 last Saturday in each month at two o'clock p. m., at the Market 

 House, Minneapolis. 



OFFICERS : 



President M. Pearcb, Minneapolis. 



Vice-President C. L. Smith, Minneapolis. 



Secretary Wm. H. Brimhall, St. Paul. 



Treasurer Henry F. Bussee, Minneapolis. 



EXECCJTIVB COMMITTEE : 



The foregoing officers and 



J. S. Gray, Minneapolis; Geo. S. Woolsey, Minneapolis; E. M. 

 Chandler, Minneapolis; Wm. Lyons, Minneapolis; G. H. Roberts, 

 Minneapolis. 



Membership is open to all persons interested in horticulture, and 

 visitors are cordially welcomed. 



Up to this date the following papers have been read, and the 

 subjects treated therein discussed at the meetings: 



"Trees, Seeds aud Plants and their Adaptations to Soils," by M. 

 Pearce; "Strawberry Culture," by William Lyon, "Shade and 

 Ornamental Trees," and " Fertililization of Strawberry Blossoms," 

 by C. L. Smith; "Currants," by J. T. Grimes, and " Raspberries," 

 by M. Pearce. 



The meetings are well attended and are growing in interest. 



WM. H. BRIMHALL. 



Minneapolis, March 28, 1884. 



REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE IOWA 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. President and Members: 



I have again been privileged to attend the annual meeting of the 

 Iowa State Horticultural Society. The meeting was well attended 

 by substantial representative men of one of the best and most pro- 

 gressive states in the Union. 



