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who are coming in to take part in the discussion and other proceedings, 

 we judge that any one at all interested in the advancement of fruit and 

 flower culture will hear something that will be of interest and benelit. 

 The ladies of the city and county are especially invited. 



Mr. L. A. Goodman, of Westport, Mo., Secretary of the State Society, 

 arrived yesterday, and is busily engaged in arranging the displays of 

 fruits and flowers. He is a cultured gentleman, and has held his present 

 position for 12 years. He is regarded as authority on all questions 

 appertaining to fruit and vine culture. 



Mr. Goodman informs us that he expects about 120 delegates at 

 the meeting, besides many members of the State Society who are not 

 delegates. He will have at least 500 plates of apples on exhibition in 

 the art-room of the building, embracing about 100 varieties. These 

 specimens come from Oregon, Howell, Holt, Buchanan, Carroll, Jack- 

 son, Clay, Pettis, Lafayette and Cass counties, and several Grundy 

 county growers have brought in exhibits. 



There will also be fine collections of chrysanthemums from St. 

 Joseph, Kansas City and Thayer. The collection of A. K. Kirkland, 

 of Thayer, is the only one that has yet arrived. The others will be in 

 this evening. 



Already about 50 delegates have arrived and others will come this 

 evening, and a full representation will be present tomorrow. The 

 meeting will continue until Thursday night. 



The first session of the .State Horticultural Society meeting was 

 called to order by President J. C. Evans, of North Kansas City, at 

 Library hall, at 7 : 45 last evening. 



The meeting opened with the singing of a sacred quartette from 

 Beethoven by the Arion quartette, composed this year of C. N. Mason, 

 Geo. T. McGrath, J. A. Gilluly and E. L. Mason. 



Following the song Eev. J. W. Crawford invoked the Divine bless- 

 ing upon the meeting and its deliberations. Miss Bessie Stevens 

 rendered a beautiful solo, " The Holy City," by Stephens, in a faultless 

 manner. 



Mayor Murphy was then introduced, and in a short but neat ad- 

 dress welcomed the delegates to the city. He spoke of the great 

 advancement that the town of Trenton had made since he came to the 

 place, about 20 years ago, and stated that the country had kept pace 

 with the town, and while perhaps Grundy was a good fruit county, we 

 knew without doubt that it was a rich agricultural county. The speaker 

 said that he was not well informed on the history of the State Horti- 

 cultuial Society, but from the fine display of the fruits and the intelli- 



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