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has learned the lesson which the alphabet of the apple teaches, who 

 sees that the chief end of life is not business, and who builds the 

 home, surrounds it with flowers, fills it with friends, consecrates it 

 unto service and makes a new garden of Eden in Missouri, paradise 

 lost by the old-time fruit, paradise regained by modern orcharding. 



A cozy wee homo and a canty wee Are, 

 A bonny wee wife to praise and admire; 

 And two or three barnies to sit on my knee 

 And cry mama to her and dada to me. 



Walter Williams. 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 9 A. M. 



Call to order. 



Prayer — Rev. W. H. Winton. 



Report of Secretary. 



Report of Treasurer. 



Election of Officers. 



Report of Committee on Constitution. 



Boonville, Mo., September 23, 1906. 



Mr. L. A. Goodman, Secretary of the State Horticultural Society. 



Kansas City, Mo. : 



Dear Sir — Mr. Theodore Todd of Howard county suggested to 

 me the other day the probability of your holding your State meet in 

 our city some time in December. Our board has taken the matter up, 

 and, as a first act of courtesy to the local horticultural organization 

 here, referred the matter to them. Mr. C. C. Bell is the secretary and 

 Col. John Cosgrove the president of this society. For some reason 

 it seems they have neglected writing to you, but this may be on ac- 

 count of the absence a portion of the time of Mr. C. C. Bell. 



However, I am authorized by the Commercial Club of our city 

 to courteously invite you to hold your meeting here in December, 

 and to assure you that the same will afford us pleasure, and we 

 will do all in our power to make your meeting a success. I do not 

 think there is any doubt but what the local society here will take 

 hold of the matter and co-operate with you, and will doubtless get 

 in early communication with you. 



Yours very truly, 



W. F. Johnson, President. 



