40 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIEIY. 



Wishing to make a li^t of varieties adapted to every county in the 

 State, will you please give a list of the best, hardiest and most profit- 

 able varieties of the following for your county : 



Apple 



Pear 



Peach 



Plum 



Cherry ' 



Grapes 



Raspberries 



Blackberries 



Strawberries 



Please answer and return to me before June 1st. 



L. A. GOODMAN, Secretary. 



Westport, Mo. 



Also the following call for the State meeting at Butler : 



Missouri State Horticultural Society, 

 Secretary's Office, 

 Westpokt, Mo., May 15, 1885. 



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The Semi-annual Meeting of the Missouri State Horticultural So^ 

 ciety will be held in Butler, Bates county, Mo., June 9, 10 and 11 1885, 

 upon invitation of the Bates County Society. 



It is the desire of the officers of the Society that we make this a 

 very pleasant and profitable meeting. To do this every member must 

 stop his work and make an extra eff"ort to be present. You certainly 

 can spare a day or two for the interest of the Society, and you will ga 

 home " enthused" with new life in the horticultural work. 



The secretaries of the local societies will be expected to make a 

 report of their proceedings and of papers read during the last six 

 months, etc. Members from places where there are no societies will 

 please report for their counties the condition of fruits, and other 

 items. All the standing committees will bring in their respective re- 

 ports in writing — this is their duty. 



Papers on any subject of interest to the Society will be gladly re- 

 ceived, and we hope no one will feel the least delicacy in bringing or 

 sending essays to the meeting. This is as much your work as ours, and 

 you can give us your experience, success or failure, that others may 

 profit by it. Write them, notify the secretary of the subject, and bring: 

 them with you to the meeting. 



The papers that are to be read before the Society will cover a 

 variety of subjects, and cannot fail to interest and instruct every one. 



