172 State Horticultural Society. 



The program was packed full of good material, but the thing that 

 will long linger in the memory of those who participated was the com- 

 plimentary excursion over the Kansas City Southern and 'Frisco railroads 

 through the great fruit growing regions of Missouri and Arkansas. For 

 five days the visitors to the number of 65 in their special train of Pullman 

 cars were entertained by the railroad officials and the fruit growers of 

 this interesting and promising section. Drives, receptions and banquets 

 followed each other with strenuous rapidity during the five days of the 

 excursion until the visitors'-were inclined to beg off. We can only men- 

 tion at this time the warm hospitality of these good people, the beautiful 

 climate, picturesque country and the great natural resources, but hope 

 to speak of it at greater length in our next issue. The trip was at once 

 the most enjoyable comprehensive and instructive that we have ever taken. 

 The Missouri horticultural public was honored by having Mr. L. A. Good- 

 man of Kansas City elected President. Mr. T. V. Munson of Texas is 

 first vice. The other officers were re-elected. To Mr. Goodman more 

 than any one else belongs the credit of successfully engineering the mag- 

 nificent excursion. 



Halts were made and the following towns on the Kansas City South- 

 ern railway were visited for the purpose of inspecting adjacent fruit 

 regions : Neosho, Mo. ; Gentry, Siloam Springs, Horatio, Mena and Ft. 

 Smith, all in Arkansas. 



On the 'Frisco railway stops were made at Fayetteviile, Rogers, 

 Bentonville, Ark. ; Springfield, Thayer, Brandsville, West Plains and 

 Mountain Grove, Mo. At each of these places, on both roads, elaborate 

 entertainment was provided. Carriage drives brought the travelers to 

 the orchards, and receptions made them acquainted with the people. 

 The visitors were profoundly impressed with the evidence of substantial 

 progress and the great fruit growing possibilities of this Ozark region 

 of Missouri and Arkansas. 



NURSERYMEN PRESENT. 



Among the nurserymen who took in the excursion were J. Van 

 Lindley, North Carolina ; Jesse Butterfield, Missouri ; E. J. Holman, 

 Kansas ; Wild Bros., Missouri ; Geo. Holman and Fred. Dixon, Kansas. 



The party represented twenty-five states, from New York to New 

 Mexico and South Dakota to North Carolina. Mr L. A. Goodman, 

 President-elect of the American Pomological Society, was indefatigable 

 in his efforts to make everything run smoothly, and it is needless to add 

 that he was eminently successful. — National Nurseryman. 



