38 ANNUAL REPORT. 



ANNUAL WINTER MEETING 



OF THE 



MIE^NESOTA 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



AND THE 



MINNESOTA AMBER CANE ASSOCIATION. 



Held at the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota, Jan. 

 20, 21, 22 AND 23, 1885. 



The eighteenth annual meeting of the Minnesota State Horti- 

 cultural Society and the eighth annual meeting of the Minne- 

 sota Amber Cane Association met in joint session, at room 

 number sixteen at the capitol, at 11 o'clock A. M., Jan. 20, 

 1885, and was called to order by Hon. Truman M. Smith, presi- 

 dent of the Horticultural Society. 



Capt. Russell Blakeley, president of the Minnesota Amber 

 Cane Association, made the address of welcome. He said: 

 Gentlemen of the Horticultural Society and Minnesota Amber Cane 



Association: 



It is a matter of much gratification to me to have the oppor- 

 tunity of meeting you upon this occasion. It seems to be very 

 fitting and proper that these two associations should have the 



