144 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



two car-loads of the finest plants, shrubbery and flowers in the gar- 

 dens and green-houses of St. Louis. 



If any other State is as far advanced and as ready to make an 

 exhibit, Mr. Samuels has not been advised of it. 



I wish to call your attention to some matters not so pleasant: Mr» 

 Thorp, head of the department of floriculture, refuses to obey the 

 orders of Mr. Samuels, his chief. 



Missouri's fine plants are in danger from neglect and cold. Mr. 

 Thorp spends much of his time courting the favor of the fashionable 

 lights of the city. It is currently reported that he uses the plants for 

 decorating at private balls. 



No space has been assigned us in the department of floriculture,, 

 though it should have been done in September. I will say that Mr. 

 Samuels has done his work well, and while there is an awkward state 

 of affairs in regard to floriculture, Missouri is in the best condition of 

 any State in the Union. 



A resolution in regard to the condition of atfairs in the department 

 of floriculture was referred to a committee of three — Messrs. Eice> 

 Keffer and Simpson — to report later. 



REPORT OF C0M3IITTEE ON FRUITS. 



Your Commitree appointed on Fruits on the Tables, beg leave to make the 



following report. There being 3i75 set apart for premiums, we make the foUowing^ 



awards: 



J. E. Mohler, Warrensburg, 1 plate Ben Davis, 50e. 

 G. Segesman, Amszonia. 2 plates Grimes' Stark, $1. 

 Conrad Martin, Cuba, 1 plate Seedling, 25c. 

 Geo. Brown, Carthage, 4 plates, $2. 



Huntsman, Ben Davis, Ingraham, Minkler. 



S. Kaufman, Thayer, 1 plate Ben Davis, $1. 

 G. L. Turton, Holden, 9 plates, ■•fG. 



W . W . Pearmain, Huntsman, Baldwin, Willow Twig, Ben Davis, Janet, Lansing- 

 burg, Stark, Rome Beauty, 3 plates quinces. 

 S. W. Gilbert, Thayer, 14 plates, $12. 



W. VV. Pearmain, Huntsman, Ben Davis. Arkan?a8 Black, Lawver, Winesap, Ful- 

 ton, Ortley, Missouri Pippin, Clayton, Eome Beauty, Pennsylvania Ked- 

 Streak. 



D. S. Helvern, Mammoth Springs, 19 plates, $7. 



Lawver, Seedling, Yellow Belleflower, Kome Beauty, Missouri Pippin, Minkler, 

 W. W. Pearmain, Willow Twig, McAfee Nonsuch, ttomanite. Russet, Wine- 

 sap, Ben Davis, Huntsman, Grimes' Golden, Janet, Kentucky Streak. 



E. S. Curry, Thayer, 10 plates, $5, > 

 Black Twig, Arkansas Black, Dallas, McAfee Nonsuch, W. W. Pearmain, Limber 



Twig, Ortley, Winesap, Ben Davis, Keiffer Pear. 

 Jacob Faith, MontevaJlo, 1 plate Ben Davis, 25c. 

 Henry Speer, Butler, 2 plates, $1. 

 Ben Davis, Willow Twig. 



