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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
October, 1916 
Retrospection 
By H. C. Melcher 
Anticipation at last gave way 
to realization. We are still a 
little too near to it to do it justice 
for it looks larger every day. 
The Lake Geneva Gardeners 
Association had promised that 
when all things were ready we 
would be their guests at the Sum- 
mer meeting. To those who 
knew some of these members 
personally we thought we knew 
what that invitation meant, but 
at the close, while we would 
plead “not guilty” to the charge 
of intoxication we were really 
“too full for utterance.” 
The whole thing was delight- 
fully planned. The trip on the 
boat the first day with the 
banquet at the Golf club house 
would easily have been the lead- 
ing event at any other meeting 
and if the Association had done 
no more than this they would 
always be pleasantly remem- 
erecl. 
But the big things really began 
the next day, when a circuit of 
the lake was made. 
The rugged beauty met at the 
first place (Mitchells) could not 
help but impress everyone. The 
extensive flower gardens under 
the direction of Mr. Smith forces 
us to the conslusion that he is the 
right man in the right place. 
No one of the party will ever 
forget the cordial reception ac- 
corded us at the next stop 
(Seipps). That is was sincere is 
evidenced by the hospitable way 
in which we were treated, and 
the invitation to “come again” 
would like to be accepted by all. 
At Moore’s we found variety 
enough to please everyone and 
we found the horses had many 
admirers; but horticultural in- 
terests have not been neglected, 
and no one can talk long to Mr. 
Martiny without coming to the 
conclusion that it wouldn’t take 
much remodeling to make an 
up to date fruit man of him. 
To the fruit men of the party 
the next stop was most interest- 
ing, and the fruits grown under 
glass were a marvel. If there is 
any one besides Axel Johnson 
that can do those things we 
would like to know it. 
The last stop of the day was 
made at Hutchinsons where Mr. 
Longland is superintendent, and 
here as in other places we can 
see the impress of the man in 
charge, and who, with his bird- 
loving wife did so much to make 
the stay here pleasant. 
At the close of the day the 
remark was made by one of the 
party that he had lived fifty 
years in that single day, meaning 
that the events of the day were 
more than come to the ordinary 
mortal in fifty years. It seems 
to me this is the highest compli- 
ment that could be paid the 
management 
By Wm. Toole Sr. 
Great improvements have 
been made in Lake Geneva town 
since our first meeting and one 
of the most useful as well as 
ornamental is the hall and show 
rooms of the Lake Geneva Gard- 
eners. A limited article is called 
for so all the words of praise 
which the gardeners deserve will 
not be given, but I must say that 
their club is a fine example of 
the value of organized getting 
together. 
The program of the Horti- 
cultural society had not called 
for any exhibits yet our good 
friends greeted us with a beauti- 
ful display of flowers in profu- 
sion and variety. With a wonder- 
ful array of garden vegetables, 
such as we farmers could not 
this season raise, in our dry 
superheated gardens. 
The program as carried out 
was very interesting, and we 
chased the red spiders and other 
harmful garden pests to the end. 
Some of the pecks and plates of apples at the 1916 State Fair. 
