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The Chairman: It is a matter of pride withevery Mis- 
sourian that the official entomologist of this state was the 
first to work out the life history of the Phylloxera, that 
insect which has proved so troublesome to the French 
vineyards. With this came discoveries in regard to the 
habits of the insect, came the further discovery that the 
_ roots of our American vine are more resistant to its attacks 
than those of any European form of vine. Attending this 
_ came a very great demand for American vines as a means 
of saving the French vineyards. We are fortunate this 
evening in having with us a gentleman who has been very 
intimately connected with this work of renovating the 
French vineyards, the Honorable Isidor Bush, who has 
kindly consented to make a few remarks, and whom I have 
the honor to present to you. 
MR. BUSH. 
Mr. Chairmanand my Friends: At this very late hour 
I will certainly beg you to excuse me if I do not speak 
upon a subject of the sort mentioned. You have had most 
practical and interesting discussions and papers on the 
subjects of market gardening, and of fruit culture, and, 
besides the practical, our dear friends, the florists, have led 
you into the realm of Grecian mythology and legend; and 
science has been ably, though in but few words, treated by 
our friend and scholar, Mr. Nipher; and so with landscape 
gardening. But one thing, in your modesty, Professor, 
and one which seems to me to be the one thing indispensa- 
ble, was neglected; and it is certainly meet on this occasion, 
when we so enjoy the blessings showered upon us, to refer 
in memory of that great and good man, Henry Shaw, to 
the one thing which he most cherished, which was botany. 
The botanists seem to have been somewhat neglected. 
And so much so is this important thing neglected that, with 
all the science and learning displayed here, still I believe 
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