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ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATIONS. 
PROCEEDINGS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET TO GAR- 
DENERS, FLORISTS, AND NURSERYMEN. 
GIVEN AT THE MERCANTILE CLUB, DECEMBER 18TH, 1890. 
Under the provisions of the twenty-fourth paragraph of 
the fourth clause of Henry Shaw’s Will, the Board of 
Trustees instructed the Director of the Garden to issue in- 
vitations for the first annual banquet to the gardeners of 
the institution, and invited florists, nurserymen, and market 
gardeners of St. Louis and vicinity. On the evening of 
the 13th of October, some sixty gentlemen assembled at 
the Mercantile Club. The gathering included representa- 
tives of the various horticultural interests in St. Louis; of- 
ficers of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, and other 
prominent horticultural workers of the state; and the 
Presidents of the State Horticultural Societies of Illinois 
and Wisconsin. The Botanical Garden was represented by 
several members of the Board of Trustees, the Director of 
the Garden and his assistants, and the Head Gardener and 
his assistant. Among the guests present were the follow- 
ing :— 
J.C. EVANS, J. M. JORDAN, 
President, Missouri Horticult- Ex-President, Society of Ameri- 
ural Society. can Florists. 
J. M. Smit, Levi CHUBBUCK, 
President, Wisconsin Horticult- Secretary, Missouri Board of 
ural Society. Agriculture. 
Pror. J. W. CLARK, 
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President, Illinois Horticultural eet Park e Missouri 
Society. xperiment on. 
S. KEHRMAN, JR., 
Secretary, St. Louis Florists’ 
Club. 
L. A. GOODMAN, 
Secretary, Missouri Horticultural 
Society. 
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