10 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A Few Notes by Judge Miller. 



The semi-anuual meeting of the State Horticultural Society wa» 

 held at Ilarrisonville, Cass county, June [5th- 7th. When one goes to 

 these meetings, and tinds loyal subjects all around him, with kindly 

 greetings, with every one of whom he would like to stop and chat, it 

 almost precludes the possibility of much note-taking; and yet I did my 

 level best to take in the meeting and all that was said and done. 



In the first place, the Society met with a right royal reception, and 

 had the largest attendance for years. Harrisonville iflj|a beautiful little 

 city, and the people are of the live, enterprising kind. The hall was 

 well fitted up, and was all right, with the single exception that it was 

 not large enough to hold the people who came to see and hear. The 

 music furnished was excellent, and the members in attendance were 

 treated to a delightful ride and afforded a fine view of the surrounding^ 

 country; carriages were furnished for an eight or lenmile ride, which 

 displayed to the participants a handsome and attractive country with 

 land the equal to any, and superior to much that is highly spoken of^ 

 The crops look well and the cultivation clean. I noticed particularly 

 the fine horses and equipages, which serve to tell of the character of 

 the community and its ability to sustain life. 



The show of fruits was a very good one, considering the past and 

 present failures of the crops. Of apples there were in all 78 samples- 

 shpwn, and these all in good condition — some of them two years old^ 

 exhibited by Conrad Hartzell, of St. Joseph, Mo. Four boxes of straw- 

 berries, of the Gandy variety, and eight boxes of cherries, were shown 

 by Mr. Gilbert, of Thayer, Mo. Of raspberries, currants and goose- 

 berries, a few of each. 



One basket of tomatoes from Mr. Kinney, of New Franklin, Mo.^ 

 out of his glass house, that were fine. 



A number of fine boquets, two large ones, extra fine, from Mr» 

 Kellogg's farm. Pleasant Hill. Quite a number of rare flowering plants- 

 by the citizens. 



Several bunches of wheat by our Treasurer I^elson, of Lebanon^ 

 who showed in them the effects of salt on this plant. 



