260 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SAVE FRUIT FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING.—The Executive 
Board has authorized the secretary to arrange with the fruit grow- 
ers of the state to send their fruit here to Minneapolis to be placed 
in cold storage and kept for that occasion. The express charges 
on such fruit and also the cold storage charges will be paid by the 
society, and the exhibitor will be entitled, as well,to any premiums 
he may secure by reason of the exhibit. 
We want to make a show of several hundred plates at our next 
meeting. If you wish to aid in this endeavor, please correspond 
with the secretary at an early date, stating what varieties you can 
probably furnish, and shipping tags, etc., will be sent you. 
N.B. The society is not to be responsible tor any charges except 
where previous arrangements have been made through correspond- 
ence with the secretary. 
Only five or six specimens of a kind are needed for an exhibit. 
Wrap each specimen carefully in paper, without bruises, and put 
all of one kind in a paper bag by themselves, properly labeled. 
To insure their keeping well, the fruit should be gathered while 
still very firm and solid. 
Please make the list as large as possible in number of varieties. 
Send as many varieties at once as possible to save express charges, 
as it will hardly pay’to pay the charges on one or two varieties at 
atime. A premium list will be announced later. How many will 
help us in making a great show this winter? 
The annual meeting, you know, is changed to the first Tuesday in 
December.—Sec’y. 
TREES NEED SLEEP.—In the larger cities, where shade trees are few 
and scattering, electric lights seem to have no visible effect upon 
their foliage. In the towns and viilages, however, many of which 
have their electric light systems, the effect is very noticeable, the 
leaves appearing as though they had been subjected to the blight- 
ing breath of a harmattan. The question was recently discussed 
at a meeting of the Eastern aboriculturists, the conclusion being 
that the trees need darkness in order that they may sleep, and that 
being continually kept awake and active they have been worn out 
and made prematurely old by the action of the light. That this is 
probably the correct solution of the mystery of the drooping leaves 
may be judged from the fact that similar trees in the neighborhood 
of those affected (although not exposed to the illumination) still 
retain their color and seem bright and strong. 
SHE HAs DONE WELL.—California has a woman horticulturist 
who has made a record of which she may well be proud. She is the 
widow of Henry Barrolgoit, once a wealthy banker. His bank failed, 
he gave up all his property, and died soon after. His widow then 
undertook to make a living by raising flowers for the San Francisco 
market. She succeeded so well that she now owns 140 acres of land, 
all under cultivation. Seven acres are in chrysanthemums; twenty 
acres are devoted to violets. She personally attends to every detail 
of the business, and her success demonstrates what a plucky and 
intelligent woman can do when thrown on her own resources.— 
Amateur Gardening. 
