enjoyed all three, all very instructive and very entertaining, and we
hope to hear from them again. We hope later to hear from another
Wisconsin man, Mr. Philips. Those three men have always contributed a
great deal to the success of our meetings. I understand that Wisconsin
has sent another representative, Mr. A. C. Graves, of Sturgeon Bay. It
has been announced that he is with us. If so, we will be pleased to have
him come forward and have a word of greeting from him, representing the
Wisconsin Horticultural Society.

Mr. Graves: Mr. President and members of the Minnesota Horticultural
Society: I am very pleased to be here this morning and listen to this
program and these deliberations. I expect to spend some enjoyable days
with you, and on behalf of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society I am
pleased to bring to you their greetings on this occasion. Thank you.
(Applause.)

President Cashman: We hope to hear from you later, Mr. Graves, and would
be pleased to have you take part in our deliberations. I presume that
there are other delegates here, but if so they have not been announced.
If there are others I hope they will hand their credentials to the
secretary so we may call on them later.

Meeting adjourned until 1:30 p.m.

December 7, 1915, Afternoon Session.

_The Minnesota Orchard._ Discussion led by J. P. Andrews, Faribault,
Minn. (See index.)

The President: Ladies and gentlemen, the time has now arrived to
continue with the regular proceedings of the society. Mr. Rasmussen,
president of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, is with us and
will be on the program later, but we will have a few words from him now.
(Applause.).

Mr. Rasmussen (Wisconsin): Mr. President and members of the Minnesota
Horticultural Society: I didn't expect to be caught this way. I was
going to be real shrewd, I was not going to let you know I was coming. I
told the secretary of our society not to let you know I was coming, but
he notified your secretary that I was coming and that is the way they
happened to get me on the program. I was going to sneak in and get all
the good out of it and was not going to give anything back; I will admit
that is not a fair game. I feel about like a fellow who had to make a
talk at a banquet. He said he was not a speaker, but they insisted. They
would not let him back out. So he got up and feeling kind of shaky, like
I am now, he reached his hand down to get hold of his chair, as he
thought,