208 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



From Bachanau coauty 1 have only the following names ; many of 

 the packages came marked Buchanan County Horticultural Society : 



Kelsey&Co., Joseph Bond, D.A.Turner, J. C. Hlngliam, 



J. \v. Arthur, Henry Cox, W. M. Swerlner, J. F. Wilcox, 



L. Flnel, F. McCoun, VIneland Nurseries. Pat. Wood. 



M. Redmond, J. II. Karnes, <;us IIunslnt,'er, 



From Howell county the packages were all marked South Mis- 

 souri Horticultural Society, but the collection was secured and ar- 

 ranged by J. T. Snodgrass, Secretary, assisted by E. L. Pollard. 



From Holt county— N. F. Murray, J. N. Menifee, C. Shultz, Wm. 

 Brodbeck, Holt County Horticultural Society. 



From Carroll county, W. S. Crouch and Hirty & Williams made 

 the collection, packed and shipped it to St. Louis. 



From Pettis county the collection was made entirely by Sheppard 

 & Wheeler, of Lamonte. 



From Clay county — J. 0. Evans. 



From Jackson countv — M. Butterfield, L. A. Goodman. 



From Greene county — G. W. Hopkins, J. Kirchgraber, J. W. Bar- 

 ron, D. M. Ritter. 



From Lafayette county — W. P. Keith, J. A. J. Shultz. 



From Cass county — G. M. Kellogg. 



From Kay county — J. H. Leake. 



From Gasconade county — Jacob Rommel. 



From Cooper county — L. Geiget. 



From Bates county — J. B. Durand and Hart Pioneer Nursery. 



From Laclede county — A. Nelson. 



From St. Louis county — A. Seaver, Fred. Mueller, Chas. Miller & 

 Son, Oscar Luins, R. Sahm. 



From Linn county— J. B. Christy. 



From DeKalb county — E. A. Silvester. 



From Johnson county — A. H. Gilkeson. 



From Platte county — T. C. Hammond. 



From Jasper county — Wild Bros. 



I wish to acknowledge here to this Society my indebtedness, and 

 the Society's indebtedness, for the very, very valuable assistance,, 

 during the w^hole term of the Exposition, of our worthy Treasurer, Mr. 

 A. Nelson. I really cannot see how I could have succeeded at the 

 opening if it had not been for his valuable assistance. The time 

 seemed inopportune for help from the other oflBcers of the Society, 

 which we were expecting, as usual, and it seemed necessary for the 

 Treasurer and myself to see that it was carried on successfully. Two 

 weeks' hard work early in August I spent in renovating and replacing 

 the jars of fruit. Another two weeks I spent just before the Exposi- 



