ks which belonged to Mr. Elliot. There were in all 397 volumes,
nearly all of them bound in cloth. The larger portion of these were
reports of other horticultural and agricultural societies, most of which
the Horticultural Society already had in the library. There were,
however, some forty or fifty very valuable reference books, or books on
specific subjects of a horticultural character, and a considerable
number of reports of other societies which we did not have, in all
amounting to seventy-seven volumes. These have been placed mostly in two
cases by themselves which will be marked with Mr. Elliot's name, and, of
course, each one of these volumes has an inscription of similar
character on the fly leaf. The remainder of these books, 320 in number,
are being sent to University Farm library for use there as far as they
need them, and they will be likely to know where to place to advantage
any that they have no personal use for. There are plenty of libraries in
the state that would be glad indeed to receive some of these volumes,
and we hope that in this way Mr. Elliot's name will appear in the
catalog of many of our public libraries.

NEW LIFE MEMBERS.--There have been quite a number of names
added to the life membership roll of the society during the year 1916
and since the last public record was made of this sort. The names of the
following persons have now been added to the permanent roll of the
society: Ludvig Lima, Montevideo; Mrs. Florence Burlingame, Grand
Rapids; A.L. Negstad, Arlington, S.D.; C. P. Bratnober, 1419 Harmon
Place, Minneapolis; Miss Anna M. Johnson, Lafayette; H. J. Appleby,
Minneiska; Hans M. Johnson, Pipestone; Christ Effertz, Norwood; O.J.
Oyen, Watson; F.E. Older, California State Normal School, Los Angeles,
Cal.; Erick Sparre, Elk River; E. H. Mazey, 3029 Ewing So., Minneapolis.

There is still room in this list for others, and why not instead of
paying annual membership year after year make one payment and have done
with it?

RESOLUTION ABOUT STATE FLOWER.--The following resolution was
unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Minnesota Garden Flower Society,
held during the annual session of the State Horticultural Society, in
December last.

Resolved, That whereas, The State of Minnesota has adopted a
state flower, which, on account of its being a native of the
woods and bogs, is not generally known or recognized, and

Whereas, The State of Minnesota in 1893 adopted by