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in the beginning. The orchard and nursery of the world is yet to be in our 

 great v^dley, and the ^lississippi Valley Horticultural Society is to be the 

 nucleus around which all the horticulturists of this continent may yet gather 

 and pay homage to the men who are here to-day. Let us go on with all the 

 earnestness and all the zeal of Western and Southern men, with the great 

 work before us; and although adversity and disappointments may come and 

 darkness sometimes take away for awhile the sunshine of our purposes, let 

 us move onward and upward, until we shall become the greatest and best of 

 all horticultural societies on earth. 



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At the conclusion of Major Nowlin's address, Mr. O. B. Galusha, 

 of Illinois, made a motion in these words: 



Gentleman of our Sxiiety : Our President has placed before us matters of 

 the greatest importance. I fear some points which he has presented may be 

 forgotten or passed over in the multiplicity of other matters which shall come 

 before us, unless some action is taken to concentrate our minds upon these 

 important points. I move that three committees be appointed of three mem- 

 bers each, upon three of the most important topics presented in his address. 

 First (which I deem of, perhaps, paramount importance), the subject of the 

 experimental stations; second in importance, the establishment of a bureau 

 of statistics to aid in the commercial part of the work of this Society; 

 and third, a committee to consider the subject of the annual exhibition of 

 fruits. I move that three such committees be appointed by the President- 

 (I say the President, because no one else, perhaps, knows as well as he who 

 would be the best persons to put on such committees.) 



Mr. W. H. Ragan, of Indiana, rose to emphasize the suggestions 

 of Mr. Galusha in relation to experimental stations. 

 Motion carried. 



Mr. Galusha then suggested that the committees report as early as 

 Friday morning, if possible. 



The President then read to the Society the following notice rela- 

 tive to the excursion tendered to them by Mr. Hudson on behalf of 

 the Gulf States Fruit Growers' Association : 



At 10 A. M., to-morrow, Thursday, the steamer Jesse K. Bell will leave the 

 foot of Canal street to convey the members of this Society and its friends a 

 few miles up the river, to see the omnge orchard of Major Roundtree. All 

 members and visitors desiring to join the excursion are requested to be on 

 board promptly at 10 o'clock. No person will be admitted on board with- 



