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niittee, and as it was never signed, it was never delivered. Messrs. 

 Whitten, Flournoy and Evans are honorable gentlemen. The report 

 was made in the interest of fruit growers and is an honest decision. 

 The Society or the Executive Committee are not responsible if the report 

 is misused. The report should not be criticised, nor impugned, the reso- 

 lutions did not authorize any abuse of the report. I know that this 

 committee settled this controversy once and for all, and the Society con- 

 curred in their finding unanimously. 



On motion the resolutions introduced by Mr. Dutcher were adopted 

 without a dissenting voice. 



Mote -Concerning tlie report sent out by the Starks as coming: from the Executive 

 Committee: This article was signed by a part of tlie Executive Committee and the Black Ben 

 Davis and Gano Committee, with thb understanding that it should not become public unless 

 signed by all of them. Never having been signed by them all, it was never delivered to Stark 

 Bros., nor given to the public, and the Executive Committee passed the following, which was 

 signed by every memberof the committee, and sent to Stark Bros., and ordered embodied in 

 the report of 1904, as their final conclusion in this matter: 



St. Louis, Mo.. Mays, 1904. 

 W. P. Stark, Treasurer: 



Dear Sir.— The whole Board having utterly • refused to concur in the statement sent by 



jrou to Messrs. Robnett and Whitten, and a further discussion of said statement having 



brought out more fully the real purport of the same, those who did sigQ withdrew their 



names, and it was uuaQimously agreed to take no action in the matter. 



The Special Black Ben Davis-Gano Committee consider that their work ended when 



their report was made and accepted and they were discharged. 



D.A.ROBNETT, President. 



G.T.TIPPIN, Vice-President. 



C.H. DUTCHER. Second Vice-President. 



L. A. GOODMAN, Secretary. 



W. G. GANO, Treasurer. 



SECOND SESSION— WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, lo A. M. 



President Whitten called the meeting to order. 



The secretary read an invitation from Dr. Trelease to visit the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden. 



The Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 Office of the Director, St. Louis, Mo., May 21, 1904. 

 Dear Mr. Goodman. — I take much pleasure in extending a cordial 

 invitation to the State Horticultural Society to visit the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden on the occasion of its approaching summer meeting. Though 

 I fear that I shall not have returned to the city myself, Mr. Irish will 

 see that every provision is made for the economical use of time in case 

 the invitation is accepted, and timely notice given of the proposed time 

 of visit. Very truly, 



Wm. Trelease, Director. 



