TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



for; the year 1884, new YORK 



^ANICAL 



'.RDEN 



BEING A EEPORT OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT 

 KANSAS CITY, MO., JANUARY 22, 23, 24 AND 25, 1884. 



TOGETHER WITH 



A FULL LIST OF PAPERS READ, WITH ACCOMPANYING DISCUSSIONS; ALSO, LIST 



OF MEMBERS, ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, BUSINESS 



DIRECTORY, AND SKETCH OF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 



OF THE world's' INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL 



EXPOSITION, AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. 



VOL. II. 



By W. H. RAGAN, Secretary. 



Professor of H&rtieidture and Superintendent of Parks, DePauvf^ University, 



Oreencastle, Ind. 



INDIANAPOLIS : 

 CARLON & HOLLENBECK, PRINTERS AND BINDEPP. 



1884. 



