Excerpt from Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1917, Vol. 45: Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, From December 1, 1916, to December 1, 1917, Including the Twelve Numbers of "the Minnesota Horticulturist" For 1917 The fiftieth annual meeting of the society has now become history. This gathering was held under most auspicious circum stances, everything combining apparently to make the meeting one of unprecedented success in the records of the society. Even' the weather was favorable for this purpose, being one of the mildest weeks known in the early part of December in this local ity. The attendance was all and even more than anticipated. The badge book, which represents the notification of those who will be present at the meeting, showed 421 names, of which eighty-three were ladies, that being a somewhat larger number than the badge book of 1915 contained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.