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234 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
water and let it run for three days. Some thought he was put- 
ting on too much water, but this year he finds that those vines 
which were farthest from the water are bearing the lightest. 
He ran the well every day through the drouth of last season, 
and this year his berries are much ahead of those of his neigh- 
bors. 
In regard to the relationship of the Minnesota and Wisconsin 
societies, Mr. Phillips spoke of the enjoyment always experi- 
enced in visiting our meetings. He used to be a paid member 
of the society, but was now an honorary member for a term of 
years, which, he believed, was about out. He did not know 
whether he could get in again or not. He said; ‘‘We who at- 
tend these meetings always feel that we take away more 
than we bring. Our summer meeting has closed. I have 
thought perhaps that our summer gatherings were better than 
yours, as we have prepared programs and make more elaborate 
preparations. But after the experience of today I don’t know 
but I shall have to pronounce yours the better plan. We had 
to wait two days before eating our berries, while you ate yours 
the firstday. We thought we had the finest showing of roses 
that could be brought out; but your people have beaten us here 
today. But our strawberries are ahead of yours. We thought 
our berries were all killed, and it was a surprise to go to our 
meeting and find such a fine showing of berries. 
Professor Green struck a keynote when he spoke of train- 
ing the young in the principles of horticulture and of what 
Minnesota is doing in that direction. I was pained when I 
read the other day of the hundreds of children engaged in the 
bottling works of the city of Milwaukee. I am ashamed of it, 
as Minnesota and Wisconsin are always rivals. But I thought 
of what we are doing in the direction of making children in- 
terested in horticulture by the giving away of plants. And 
we are in hopes that this will offset in part the wickedness of 
the bottling work. We get some very amusing letters. The 
secretary had said that he would fill no applications that came 
after the fifteenth of May. A letter came from the northern 
region, however, which we had not the heart to refuse. It 
was from three children in the same family. 'The youngest 
was a boy of seven who wanted two evergreens to beautify his 
home. We feel quite proud of our work in this direction. 
Iam very glad to be with you today and hope the relations 
between our societies may always be pleasant. I meta young 
man on the train coming here today. He said he was trying 
