9G STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The State Society has a fine collection of apples on the tables^ 

 which were exhibited in Chicago, then placed in cold storage ; taken 

 out and shown at the winter meeting at Fulton, and returned to storage* 

 Many of them are now in a perfect state of preservation, and will again 

 be returned to storage to be sho\^n with this jeai's crop. 



This tine collection speaks louder than any words we can say in 

 favor of cold storage for the preservation of the apple. We find a 

 collection of green branches of apples from N. F. Murray, showing a 

 fine crop prospect and good condition; also by the same, Wild Goose 

 and Pottawatomie plum ; also by A. Tajlor, canes of a new seedling 

 raspberry and Tyler, showing a fine prospect of fruit. 



We also find a fine store of wheat, exhibited by A. Nelson, consist- 

 ing of 23 stalks, with well-developed heads ; also samples of wheat 

 five feet high, grown on land which had been salted, while wheat in 

 the same field, on same kind of soil, without salt, was scant four feet.. 

 This certainly shows the beneficial effects of salt on some soils. 



We also find on exhibition, by Mr. A. Weaver, a very fine model 

 of a hydraulic cider press, which appears to have merit. 



J. F. Hildebrand, on a box of very nice gooseberries and box New 



Eichmond cherries came in after reports were made ; we recommend 



a premium of 50 cents each ; also box Gandy strawberries, to J. 



Clark, 50 cents. Respectfuly submitted. 



Henry Speer, 



f. holsinger, 



C. C. Bell, 



Committee. 



St. Louis, Mo., June 4, 1894. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, Westport, Mo. : 



My Dear sir— I am sorry that my business must detain me from your n-eetlng. 



I have oust noticed that I am chairman of Committee on Flowers, and send a report 



herewith. 



I would be glad to have the Society determine to meet in St. Louis next year. Would 



do all in my power to make you comfortable. 



Yours truly, 



E. II. Michel. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS. 



The Committee on Flowers has had no meeting, as it is impracti- 

 cable to get its members together, except at the meeting of the Society. 



Ornamental flowers this year have suffered as much as any vege- 

 tation, and the fruit men know very well what early thaws and late 

 frosts have done for them. 



Eoses which had started into foliage before Easter froze to the 

 ground during the severe spell at that time. Hardy shrubs, especially 

 the early flowering sorts, were most severely checked. Tender bed- 

 ding plants, even when planted as late as the middle of May, suffered 



