154 State Horticultural Society. 



fitting eulogy to the two vacant chairs of the society, he spoke of the 

 Avorks, left behind by those now gone. Orchards all over the State 

 give voiceless but eloquent testimon}- of their work and energy. "Not 

 dead," said President Murray, "but called up higher to receive the 

 reward of their labor." The president said that during the fort3--four 

 years of the society's existence, fruit culture has become a great in- 

 dustry. Then there was no such thing as commercial fruit growing 

 in the State, and only $20,000,000 worth of fruit produced annually in 

 the United States; now Missouri alone produces ten to twenty-five 

 million dollars' worth of fruit annually. We have been called the 

 second state in quantity of fruit production ; we deny taking second 

 place in quality of our fruit, which is unexcelled. As high as $1,200 

 has been made on a single acre of strawberries. In southwestern part 

 of the State 20 acres of berries made a net profit of $6,020.00. Orchards 

 sold at from fifty to three hundred dollars per acre for the fruit in 

 one season. 



Some of us are willing to lay back and buy our fruit from the 

 old worn out land in the East, or from Colorado, where they raise fruit 

 on land costing $150 to $200 per acre and irrigate, and after packing 

 and hauling thirt}' to forty miles to railroad then must pay five hun- 

 dred dollars per car to Alissouri river points ; and yet those growers 

 are making money. If they can make profit with all the expense the}^ 

 must have, wh}^ can't we make a fortune with cheap land and natural 

 advantages of Alissouri? Our land is unsurpassed for fruit growing. 

 The red land of the Ozarks is unexcelled. Best of all, our cheap lantl 

 is the best fruit land we have. There can be no overproduction of 

 good fruit. The world must be supplied b}^ a comparatively small 

 area. 



FLOWERING BULBS. 



(By ]\Irs. T. Lee Adams, Kansas City, ^NIo.) 



Those attending the Flower Show of Kansas City were deeply 

 impressed with the deportment of the great crowds. As )iOU passed 

 in you felt the silence. The beautiful flowers, bright children of the 

 sun seemed to be preaching cheerful, happy sermons. 



They seemed to say "God weaves" the robe of inimitable beauty for 

 us who perish in a day and the people's faces seemed to respond 

 with the thought" when the deathless soul is sent forth from its 



