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West Plains, ]\Io., June 12, 1905.. 

 The State Horticultural report sent us was duly received today- 

 Please accept our thanks for same. Will say, though I have only had a 

 short time to glance through it as yet, I think it very fine, and a report,^ 

 as complete as it seems to be, will be of great help to all who will care- 

 fully read its pages. We will make this a book of reference and study,, 

 as well as a source of pleasure. 



Yours truly, 



Howe & Son. 



Moccasin Springs, Mo., July 3, 1905. 



Dear Sir — The 47th annual report of the Missouri Horticultural 



Society received. A good one as usual. The paper and discussions on 



girdling are of special importance to me. With thanks for your favor,. 



and good wishes, I am yours respectfully, 



Edmond Perry. 



Lexa, Ark., July 23, 1905. 

 Dear Sir — I am in receipt of your annual . report for 1904. Down 

 here in Phillips county. Ark., I feel alm^ost out of range of all such work,, 

 cotton being preeminent. Have been a subscriber to the Rural World 

 for about twenty years, so many of the names and thoughts of said 

 report are familiar to me. Please accept sincere thanks for the favor. 

 It is of especial value to me at this time, as I am trying to establish a 

 home where fruits and flowers shall have a place along with the sheep, 

 hog and Jersey cow. We have a beautiful and bountiful country here, 

 but no agriculture. Again thanking you, I am yours truly, 



J. Treffry. 



Koger, Columbia County, Ga., July 24, 1905. 



My Dear :Mr. Goodman — I am in receipt of a copy of the forty- 

 seventh annual report of the Horticultural Society of Missouri and beg 

 to thank you for same. The work is a valuable one and I consider my- 

 self very fortunate in being the recipient of the volume. Your Society 

 is certainly progressive, and the public-spirited efforts of your members, 

 as well as officers, shows a commendable disposition. 



Your example is worthy of emulation in every State, and I hope to 

 see the good work broaden out in the years to come. Here in our great 

 fruit State we can appreciate the importance of your Society and bid 

 you God speed in your work. 



As for myself, personally, I regard horticulture, properly conducted, 

 as one of the relics of aesthetic perfection handed down to us from 



