TRANSACTIONS 



or THE 



Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, 



FOR THE YEAR 1883, I^I^TyORK 



BOTANiCAl 



BEING A REPORT OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, GARDEN. 



HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LA., 

 FEBRUARY 21, 22, 23 AND 24, 1883, 



TOGETHER WITH 



A FULL LIST OF PAPERS READ, WITH ACCOMPANYING DISCUS- 

 SIONS; ALSO, LIST OF MEMBERS, ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 

 AND HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE M. V. H. S., 



WITH 



LIST OF PREMIUMS 



AWARDED AT THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, IN ST. LOUIS, SEP- 

 TEMBER, 1880. 



VOL. I. 



By W. H. RAGAN, Secretary. 



INDIANAPOLIS : 



CARLOX * HOLLENBECK, PRINTERS AND BINDER."?. 



1883. 



