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examined the books, vouchers, and annual report of the Treasurer and 

 jBnd them all correct. 



J. S. Harris, Chairman. 



Wyman Elliot, 



M. Pearce. 



Following is the report of the Librarian : 



LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 



Total number of reports of Transactions of the Minnesota State 

 Horticultural Society now on hand: 1866-73, (combined) cloth, 210; 

 1874, paper, 375; 1875, paper, 220; 1876, paper, 1,020; 1877, paper, 340, 

 cloth, 10; 1878, paper, 140, cloth, 30; 3879, paper, 9, cloth, 10; 1880, 

 cloth, 102; J 881, paper, 1,210, cloth, 250; 1882, paper, 1,680, cloth, 600; 

 1883, paper, 143, cloth, 1,005; 1884, cloth, (about) 300; 1885, paper. .. , 

 cloth 75. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Among the volumes received during the past year are the following : 

 5 Copies Wisconsin Horticultural Reports, _ . . 1883 



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About five hundred copies of our reports have been sent out during 

 the year by the librarian. 



E. A. CUZISTER, 



Librarian. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Your committee heartily approve the efforts being made by the 

 American Pomological Society, and other societies looking to the 



