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At the great World's Fair at New Orleans recently, the contest for' 

 the gold medal was between these three States, and I am happy to be 

 able to say your own State of Missouri got it, Arkansas and Kansas 

 following close behind. 



So let us take courage from these facts and go on until these 

 beautiful prairies shall emit the fragrance of the various fruits and 

 flowers, and even the forests shall give way to orchards, gardens and 

 vineyards. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, L. A. GOODMAN, WESTPORT. 



Mr. Pre8ide7it and memhers of the Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society: 



Another six months have passed, and lam happy to give a good 

 report of our society. 



The last few months have been eventful ones for our society. I 

 believe we have made more history and accomplished more successful 

 work than ever in the history of the society. 



Our wonderful success at New Orleans was a glory to onr State, not 

 «ver before obtained. In that wonderful exhibition of fruits we came 

 out winners of the greatest number of premiums, medals and money 

 of any State in the Union. It is useless for me to repeat the number 

 of our awards, they are given in our last report for 1884. Enough, is 

 it to say, that we received the two highest awards given to any State 

 or society ; that we were awarded twenty-two other premiums, that 

 we will receive one gold and three silver medals ; and that we took 

 the premium on the three largest collections. 200 varieties of apples, 

 100 varieties of apples, and 50 varieties of apples. If it did not occupy 

 too much space, I would give you a list of varieties in each of these 

 exhibits. But that will not do, and we have certainly to congratu- 

 late our State on the work done by our society in this great show of 

 fruits. 



With reference to the premiums taken at New Orleans, I have made 

 application to the II . S. Treasurer for our claim, and if there be any op-^ 

 portunity to get it, 1 expect to get it. I believe that this should be 

 followed up, and that we make every attempt to get what justly be- 

 longs to us, as do the others. 



