100 ANNUAL REPORT. 



all our spare reports. We shall have to be a little more careful 

 how they go in future. 



The meeting was then adjourned till 9 o'clock A. m., Jan- 

 uary 21st. 



MOENING SESSION. 



Second Day, Wednesday, Jan, 21, 1885. 



reports of delegates to wisconsin meeting. 



The meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock, Tuesday morn- 

 ing by President Smith. 



Mr. J. S; Harris, of La Crescent, and A. W. Sias, of Eoches- 

 ter, delegates to the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin State 

 Horticultural Society, were invited to present their report. 



Mr. Sias then read the following report: 



EEPORT OF DELEGATE TO THE WISCONSIN STATE 

 HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



BY A. W. SIAS. 



Mr. President and Members : 



We deem it a high comijliment to say of a speaker or writer 

 that he is a man who does his own thinking. But I believe there 

 are times in the experience of every person when it is highly 

 proper, wise, and it conserves the best interests of all the 

 parties concerned to let others do your thinking for you. Your 

 delegate to Madison last February, when he reached the capitol 

 and found both ex-President Harris and Secretary Gibbs there, 

 felt that he was in just the position to take life easy and enjoy 

 himself, and that if he could only manage to keep his mouth 

 shut the Minnesota State Horticultural Society would be ably 

 represented. In this conclusion he was not disappointed. On 

 my way to Madison I made three visits, that were both delight- 

 ful and instructive, viz. : at O. M. Lord's, Minnesota City, where 

 we find some of the best native plums in the State; J. S. Harris, 



