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MINNESOTA 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TRANSACTIONS 1885-6. 



THE SUMMER MEETING, 1885. 



The nineteenth serai-annual summer meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Society, in accordance with the action taken by 

 the society at its annual session in January, was held in Minneapolis, 

 at Market Hall, Wednesday and Thursday, June 24 and 25, 1885. 



The meeting was held in connection with the Hennepin County 

 Horticultural Society, the attendance throughout the sessions was 

 quite large and the proceedings of more than usual interest. Follow- 

 ing are the program, premium list and rules issued in the circulars sent 

 out announcing the meeting: 



PROGRAM. 



FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. 



9:00 to 12:00 m. Making entries, setting up and arranging exhib- 

 its. 



2:00 p.m. Opening Exercises; appointment of committees. 



2:30 p. M. Address of welcome by Prof. E. D. Porter. 



Response by President T. M. Smilh. 



3:00 p. M. Paper on Strawberries by M. Pearce. 



Discussion. 



5:00 P.M. Paper on Insects by Prof. Wm. Trelease, of Madison, 

 Wis. 



