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some of us, at least, will be anxious to go to the other side of the water again 

 some time. 



THE CHAIR : We have all of us had varied experiences, possibly, in the 

 entertainment of guests, and varied experiences in being guests ourselves, and 

 we know that the relation is never perfectly satisfactory unless there is evi- 

 dently mutual enjoyment, when both host and guest thoroughly enjoy the 

 association one with the other. It did not require the words that have been 

 spoken on this occasion for us to know that this condition of things existed. 

 Still, it is very fitting that the expression should have been made, and we 

 of the Horticultural Society of New York accept with very great appreciation 

 the expression that has been given by our guests who have been present with 

 us for these days. 



RESOLUTIONS 



W. B. Alwood presented and moved the adoption of resolutions express- 

 ing the thanks of the conference to the Horticultural Society of New York 

 and to its officers and to the managers of the New York Botanieal Garden. 

 The motion was seconded by C. L. Watrous, and carried. 



C. L. Watrous, as chairman of the committee appointed to consider the 

 matter of co-operation between practical plant breeders and the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, presented and moved the adoption of the follow- 

 ing resolutions: 



Whereas, This conference recognizes the invaluable services which the United States 

 Department of Agriculture is rendering to the breeders of plants and animals by collect- 

 ing and publishing the results obtained by workers in these fields throughout the civilized 

 world; and 



Whereas, We believe that plans for a still closer co-operation can be arranged to the 

 mutual advantage of the department and individuals, associations and institutions inter- 

 e'sted in plant and animal improvement; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair empowered and 

 directed to confer with the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture with a view to the forma- 

 tion of plans for the more intimate co-operation in future between individual workers 

 and the department in question and publishing data relative to plant and animal im- 

 provement. 



The motion was seconded and carried. 



The Chair appointed as members of the committee provided for in the resolutions 

 the following: C. L. Watrous, W. M. Hays and L. H. Bailey. 



After an announcement by Dr. N. L. Britton regarding the inspection of the grounds 

 of the Botanical Garden by the visitors, the conference adjourned. 



