Additional Papers. 117 



This original statement is in the possession of the Board, those 

 members of the Board having signed it having erased their names 

 after discovering its full purport, thereby annulling the whole thing, 

 and consequently it never became a signed instrument. We have 

 understood that some who claimed to have a copy of the original 

 would publish it. However, we do not think any one would resort 

 to demagogery like this, even for advertising purposes, as in fact, 

 the copy was never signed at all and would be a forgery, as the 

 original never became an instrument in fact. — George T. Tippm, in 

 American Truck Farmer. 



MISSOURI HORTICULTURE. 



The following articles were prepared at the request of Walter William 

 editor of the book "State of Missouri," published by Missouri World's 

 Fair Commission as giving a somewhat complete record of Horticulture 

 in Missouri, her opportunities, her successes and her possibilities, and the 

 position of the State Society in this work. 



L. A. GOODMAN, 



Superintendent and Secretary. 



MISSOURI FRUITS AT WORLD'S FAIR. 



No one can enter the Horticultural building without being favor- 

 ably impressed with ^Missouri's large and artistic display of fruits. 

 At the entrance is a fountain and palms breaking the harsh lines of 

 the large entrance space. At the top of the arches are statues of 

 Pomona and Flora and over the main aisle another large arch over 

 which stand guard two or more statues of tlie same goddesses. Just 

 back of the main entrance begins the fruit display proper. Large 

 beautiful tables mirror-covered; tables in pyramid form for plate and 

 jar exhibit; a large pyramid next to the wall, where are a thousand 

 jars of all the fruits grown in Missouri ; the exhibit of the Missouri 

 State University Agricultural College, consisting of over 400 jars 

 and 200 varieties, all help to make the exhibit one never even ap- 

 proached and one hard to excel. 



First, then, there are 2,400 jars of fruit of over 430 varieties, em- 

 bracing nearly all the varieties of fruits grown in Missouri, showing 

 what Missouri is capable of producing both in a commercial way and 



