14 State Horticultural Society. 



Summer Meeting. 



Ai Peirce City, June 6, 7, 8, i8gg. 



The Summer meeting of the Missouri State Horticultural Society was 

 held at Peirce City on the above days, and it was one of the best Grand 

 Old Missouri has ever had. The sessions were held in the opera house. 

 On the evening of the sixth, President N. F. Murray called the 

 meeting to order. Horticulture and music are kindred professions and 

 it was fitting that music should be first on the program. This was well 

 rendered by Kreyer's orchestra. The opening prayer was delivered by 

 Eev. J. E. Pershing. 



The address of welcome was delivered by Joseph French, who in 

 eloquent words opened the doors of Peirce City to the visitors and handed 

 over the keys. The hospitality of her citizens is known beyond the 

 State lines, and visitors felt all that Mr. French said. — The Southwest. 



KESPOISrSE OF WELCOME. 



"In response to the eloquent address of welcome by one of your 

 worthy citizens, I, as the representative of the Missouri State Horticul- 

 tural Society, desire to most heartily thank the officers and members of 

 the Southwest Fruit Growers' Co-operative Union, not only for the 

 invitation to hold our June meeting in your thrifty little city, but also 

 for the interest you have taken in securing from the various railways 

 the lowest rate we have ever had to one of our meetings, and to the good 

 people of Peirce City we extend our thanks for your hospitality in throw- 

 ing open your doors to the free entertainment of all who desire to accept. 

 And again we thank not only the Co-operative Union but all the various 

 committees and the citizens who have in any way contributed in making 

 the necessary arrangements for our comfort and pleasure during our 

 sojourn with you. 



"Our society years ago adopted the missionary plan of holding meet- 

 ings in different parts of the state with a desire and hope that we might 



