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cultural Comtuissloners takes pleasure in inviting any members of your Society 

 who may be in California during March to attend this convention, prumisin),; 

 much of interest to horticulturists. 



Trusting I may soon see you all in California again, I am, 



Yours very respectfully, John II. Wiieelkr, 



Chief Executive Vilicnlluml Officer of Gdifornia. 



And hero is an invitation from llie neijjhborini; citv of San 

 Bernardino, and let me exjiress the hope that tho.se of our nieinber> 

 who can will respond to this cordial invitation : 



San Beunardino, Cal., February 9, 1888. 

 Mr. W. II. Rarjan, Secretary Amrrican Iloriicnilural Socirli/: 



Dear Sir— The Board of Trade and citizens of San Bernardino beg leave to 

 extend an invitation to your Society to visit their city on Friday, the 10th lost. 

 We will try and make your stay with us agreeable, if you see fit to accept. 



Yours truly, R. F. Cunnini.ham,/jc Cmmillee. 



I will only present one other letter, and that froiu our far-oH' 

 friend and co-laborer in the ancient empire of Japan : 



Imperial College oi' Agricultlrk and Forestry, ■> 

 KoMABA, ToKio, Japan, January 28, 1888. i 

 W. H. Ragan, Eaq., De Pauw University, Indiana : 



Dear Sir — You maybe thought that I would not write you any more froni 

 Japan, but my advantage of making you as a friend is after I got home. I left 

 New York in September last year, and got at home in 4th of inst., during that timi- 

 I spent in traveling over Europe and voyage in tropical oceans. The art of horti- 

 culture in Europe is intensive, and I think to be ahead of America. 



I am specially interested and pleased to study tropical fruits, of which I have 

 collected and brought to home over thirty different specimens. They are very 

 fine and nice fruits. Vegetables are rather inferior and poor on account of intense 

 heat, and causes to run into flowers. 



I told your Society of American Horticulture that wc should exhibit some 

 fruit from Japan on the occasion you hold next meeting in San Francisco in this 

 spring. It is a great regret that I can't find anyone would send our horticulture 

 products to your meeting, yet nor I am unable to send some by myself, because soon 

 after I have got hqme I am compelled to give lectures to two classes of students in 

 the college ; while my things are laying disorderly, and my mind is unsettled yet on 

 hearing different news, or olds, happened during my absence. Although Mr. Van 

 Denjan told me that the meeting will be in San F'rancisco in coming February, 

 when it is po.stp()ne<l in later dale. I'lease tell ine the address of local committee 

 in San Francisco. I shall send some of our dried fruits. . I hope hereafter of th.- 

 transactions of the Society to be sent to Japan, so that if you permit me as a corre- 

 sponding member, I will be very much pleased. 



With the best wishes, I am yours very truly, K. Tamari. 



