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The above is merely suggestive, and may have been considered by your 



tjociety before. If, however, you have not given it previous consideration, I 



should be very glad to have you think of this suggestion, and for one would very 



much appreciate some action upon the same. 



With best wishes, I remain, 



Yours truly, 



Orange J udd Farmer Co. 



Per Jas. S. .Judd. 



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



My Dear Sir— My time is not my own at present, and I am very sorry that I 

 cannot attend the thirty-flfth annual meeting of our Society at Carthage. 



If we fail to get the $10,000 per year, we should at once join hands with the 

 State Board of Agriculture and try to get a State Entomologist, who should of 

 course be Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt. 



With best wishes for a good meeting, I am, 



Yours truly, 



Henry Strother. 



Middle Hope, N. Y. November 19, 1892. 

 L. A. Goodman, Esq., Secretary Missouri State Horticultural Society : 



Dear Sir— Please accept my thanks for a copy of the program of your annual 

 meeting to be held at Carthage, December 6-9. It is an excellent one, and I doubt 

 not your meeting will be equally or more interesting than the one I had the pleas- 

 ure to attend in Sedalia last year. 



Of that I shall always have the most pleasant recollections. The continued 

 earnest interest manifested by all in attendance— the ability and thoroughness of 

 the addresses— the exact horticultural knowledge of most of those who took part 

 In the discussions— the uniform courtesy of all— the quiet and efficient manner in 

 which the meeting was handled by its officers— the many pleasant acquaintances I 

 formed, and the size and perfection of the fruit on exhibition impressed, me most 

 favorably, and the few days I spent there will always be remembered with great 

 pleasure. I only regret that I cannot attend your meeting at Carthage, for I am 

 sure I would gain much valuable information. 



Please remember me to President Evans and Judge Miller (if he is present ), 



and believe me, 



Yours truly, 



William D. Barns. 



Mr. Mider of Kansas came near visiting me last summer; if he is at your 



meeting, please tell him I hope yet to have the pleasure of entertaining him. 



Prof. J. W. Keffer spoke of the death of Prof. J. C. Duffey, of 

 Shaw's Garden, St. Louis, and spoke in high terms of Mr. Duff'ey as a 



man, a scientist, and a teacher. 



Sedalia, Mo., August 13, 1892. 

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



Dear Sir— I mailed you to-day a copy of the St. Louis "Kepublic,'' contain- 

 ing my article, and will mail you a couple of copies of one of our local papers, 

 which copied the article and commented upon it. I have mailed marked copies of 

 these papers to over a dozen of our leading horticulturists in different parts of the 

 State. Now, if our members of the State and local societies will follow this 

 article up as therein suggested— not in a sickly way, but with the determination to 

 win— success will crown our efforts. 



