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A\ anual Meeting Jan. 1895. 
JOURNAL OF TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
(For Program See Page 461, Report, 1894.) 
TUESDAY MORNING. 
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Minnesota State 
Horticultural Society, held in Masonic Hall at Lake City, Minn., 
January 8, 9, 10 and 11, 1895, was called to order by President 
J.M Underwood. A psalm was read by the president, the Lord’s 
Prayer repeated by the audience, and the meeting was declared 
duly opened. 
President Underwood: lIassure you, friends, it is very pleas 
ant to meet you here this morning. It isannounced in the pro 
gram that there are to be opening remarks by the president. I 
do not know that I have much to say to you this morning, ex 
cept to bid you a hearty welcome, and, as you will be more 
formally welcomed this evening, it will not be necessary forme 
to say much upon the point of your coming to Lake City. We 
have had the pleasure of meeting you here at Lake City before, 
and we are always glad to have our friends come here, and I 
hope the exercises we are going to have during this meeting 
will prove mutually interesting and instructive to usall. Ithink 
we have been very fortunate this winter so far in that we have 
had so little inclement weather, and I hope this will be the oc- 
casion of bringing out a large number of our friends from 
abroad. We want you to feel perfectly at home among us, and, 
if you do not see what you want, ask for it. Wewantevery one 
to have a good time. I cannot say more than that, and I hope 
we Shall be able to make everything interesting and pleasant for 
you all while you are here. (Applause.) 
The president appointed the following committee on creden- 
tials: L. R. Moyer, Montevideo, J. P. Andrews, Faribault, and 
C. W. Sampson, Excelsior. 
Secretary Latham: Mr. President, before commencing the 
program, I wish to call the attention of the society to a matter 
