hand to perform the part assigned to him. Isn't this really a wonderful
thing where so many are concerned, emphasizing as it does the large
interest felt in the work of the society?

The meeting was held in the same room in the West Hotel which was used
for the banquet two years ago. It seats comfortably 250, and was
approximately filled at all of the sessions of the meeting. At the first
session there were in attendance about 200 when the meeting opened at
ten o'clock Tuesday morning. Later in the morning the seats were
practically all filled. Making allowance for the change in the personnel
of those in attendance at the various meetings, it is easily within the
limit to say that between 400 and 500 were in attendance at these
meetings.

Immediately adjoining the audience room on the same floor, and opening
out of the spacious balcony, were the various rooms occupied by the
fruit exhibit and the vegetable exhibit. The plant exhibit was in two
alcoves on this balcony, and the cut flowers were displayed along either
side of the balcony, making altogether a wonderful showing of nature's
floral products. The accommodations for this meeting were almost ideal,
and judging from the expressions of the members we have never been more
happily situated than on this occasion. I have endeavored to draw a
plan of the arrangements at this meeting and submit it to you, not for
criticism, but to assist you in understanding the situation.

We were greatly disappointed that Prof. Whitten was detained at home by
illness, but others from abroad took up the time so that there was
really no interim as a result of his absence. We were fortunate in
having with us the last day and a part of Thursday afternoon Sen. H.M.
Dunlap and Mrs. Dunlap, and their parts on the program were listened to