'224 Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society. 



MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee met in the St. James Hotel, New Or- 

 leans, February 25, 1883; present Messrs. Earle, President; Evans, 

 Treasurer; Ragan, Sscretary, and Galusha, Hollister, Colmant, 

 Nowlin, Smith, Holsinger, Furnas and Tracy. 



On motion of Major Evans, of Missouri, the Mississippi Valley 

 Horticultural Society will hold an exhibition of fruits in the city of 

 Louisville, Kentucky, in connection with the Southern Exposition, 

 in September next, provided that the sum of five thousand dollars 

 ($5,000) is guaranteed for the purpose of paying premiums and de- 

 fraying the other expenses of the same; also, that accommodations 

 shall be furnished, such as space, tabling, etc. 



On motion of Prof Tracy, the President and Secretary were di- 

 rected to confer with. the Southern Exposition Company and make 

 such arrangements with said company as may be, in their judgment, 

 fair and honorable, provided that they shall have first secured the 

 guarantee of the sura of $5,000. 



Prof. Tracy moved that the Exhibition be held the first week in 

 September, 1883, and that the President and Secretary are directed 

 to prepare the premium list and rules and regulations, which was 

 adoDted. 



President Earle called attention to the fact that the receipts from 

 membership fees would not be sufficient to publish the Transactions 

 of the Society and pay other necessary expenses. 



Secretary Ragan moved that a Business Directory be published 

 in the Transactions of the Society, for which the sum of three dol- 

 lars ($3) will be charged, in addition to the fee of membership, 

 which motion was adopted. 



The Treasurer (Maj. Evans), the President, and several mem- 

 bers, entered into a written agreement to furnish the necessary funds 

 for the publication of the Transactions of the Society beyond what 

 may be received from the fees of membership. 



