MEMBERS IN FLORIDA.—­Quite a number of members of the Horticultural Society are spending the winter in Florida.  Some of these the secretary knows about, but addresses of only two are at hand.  J. M. Underwood, chairman of the executive board of the society, and family are at Miami, Fla., for the winter.  Mr. Oliver Gibbs, at one time secretary of the society for a number of years, is at Melbourne Beach, on the east coast of Florida, where he has been now for some ten winters—­and some summers also.  His health makes it necessary for him to live in so mild a climate.  We have the pleasure of meeting him here often during the summer.  Now in his eighties he is nearly blind but otherwise in good health and always in cheerful spirits.

NEW LIFE MEMBERS.—­Since the report of 1915 was printed, in which there will be found on page 520 a list of life members of the society, there have been added to the life membership roll fifteen names; five of these were made honorary members by the unanimous vote of the association for valuable service rendered to the society, and were well deserving of this honor, as follows:  Chas. Haralson, Excelsior; S. H. Drum, Owatonna; F. W. Kimball, Waltham; J. R. Cummins, Minneapolis; John Bisbee, Madelia.

To the paid life membership roll there have been added ten names as follows:  E. G. Zabel, LaMoure, N.D.; Roy E. McConnell, St. Cloud; O. F. Krueger, Minneapolis; L.A.  Gunderson, Duluth; Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Gibbs, St. Anthony Park; Herman Goebel, Wildrose, N.D.; T. Torgerson, Estevan, Sask.; Law Swanson, St. Paul; Rev. Saml.  Johnson, Princeton.

Don’t you want your name added to this life roll?  If you have already paid an annual membership fee for this year a further payment of $4.00 made any time during the year will be received as first payment for a life membership fee.  That is, the amount of the annual fee already paid may be deducted from a life membership fee paid any time during the current year.

SEND IN A NEW MEMBER.—­Have you noticed the advertisement on the inside of the back cover page of this and also the January issues of our monthly?  There never was such an opportunity to secure valuable new fruits as this presents to you and to your neighbor, many of whom we feel sure would gladly take advantage of the opportunity if it were presented to them.  Take an evening off and do yourself and your neighbors this good service—­and the society as well.

NUMBER THREE STRAWBERRY.—­Very few of those who have so far selected plant premiums for next spring’s delivery have chosen Minnesota No. 3 June-bearing strawberry.  Our members will surely make a mistake if they do not secure for next spring’s planting a quantity of this splendid new berry, which seems likely to supplant the Senator Dunlap as the June-bearing variety in the near future.  It is a very vigorous grower, equally attractive, of good quality, holds up well and is a healthy, hardy plant.  Do not leave this out of your list of selection for plant premiums.