number. Prof. F. W. Brodrick came from Winnipeg, representing the
Manitoba Society; Prof. N. E. Hansen, as usual, represented the South
Dakota Society; Mr. Earl Ferris, of Hampton, Ia., the Northeastern Iowa
Society; and Mr. A. N. Greaves, from Sturgeon Bay, Wis., the Wisconsin
Society. We were especially favored in having with us also on this
occasion Mr. N. A. Rasmusson, president of the Wisconsin Horticultural
Society, and Secretary Frederick Cranefield of the same society. If all
the members of that society are as wide awake as these three the
Minnesota Society will have to look to its laurels.

I must not fail to mention Mr. B. G. Street, from Hebron, Ill., who was
present throughout the meeting, an earnest brother, and gave us a
practical talk on "marketing." Our friend, Chas. F. Gardner, of Osage,
Iowa, managed to get here Friday morning after the close of the meeting
of the Iowa Horticultural Society, which he had been attending, and so
spent the last day of the meeting with us. Welcome, Brother Gardner! The
meeting would certainly have been incomplete without the presence of
those old veterans and long time attendants at our annual gatherings,
Geo. J. Kellogg and A. J. Philips, both from the Wisconsin Society. We
need you, dear brothers, and hope you may long foregather with us.

As to that war horse of horticulture, C. S. Harrison, of York, Nebr.,
what would our meeting be without the fireworks in language which he has
provided now for many of these annual occasions. The wonderful life and
sparkle of his message survives with us from year to year, and we look
forward eagerly to his annual coming.

There were three contestants who spoke from the platform in competition
for the prizes offered from the Gideon Memorial Fund as follows: