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Mountain and plain, but buried starving flocks 



In Arctic drifts ; in rivers and canals 



The vessels rotted idly on the mud, 



Until the spring floods buried all their bones ; 



Great cities that had thriven wondrously 



Before the source of thrift was swept away, 



Faded and perished, as a plant will die 



With water banished from its roots and leaves ; 



And men sat starving in the treeless waste, 



Beside their fruitless farms and empty marts, 



And wondered at the ways of Providence 1 



— N. Y. Sun. 



APPOINTMENT OF JOHN LIPSCOMB TO THE SHAW SCHOLARSHIP. 



St. Louis, Mo., March 14, 1894. 

 Dear Mr. Goodman — I take pleasure in notifying you that the 

 scholarship of the Missouri Horticultural Society has been awarded 

 to a Missouri boy, John Lipscomb, of Peirce City, who earned it in 

 competition with others, one of whom was from a point outside of the 

 State. He will, therefore, figure as the nominee of the State Society. 

 I am very much obliged to you for allowing these boys to compete for 

 the scholarship, for I think that it has resulted in giving the appoint- 

 ment to a better person than might otherwise havve been the case,, 

 since he has been obliged to earn it. 



Very truly yours, 



Wm. Trelease. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, Westport, Mo. 



Our Repol'ts in England. 



Patent Office Library, 25 Southampton Buildings, \ 

 Chancery Lane, London, Mar. 5, 1894. j 



L. A. Goodman, Esq., Secretary Missouri Horticultural Society, West- 

 port, Mo., U. S. A.: 



Dear Sir — My attention has been called by readers frequenting 

 this library to the fact that the "Annual Reports" issued by your So- 

 ciety contain from time to time information that would prove of very 

 great value for reference to many here. I am, therefore, induced to 

 apply, and shall esteem it a favor if you will be kind enough to bring 

 my application before the committee of the Society, asking that they 



