WINTER MEETING. 



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In Illinois we have had good prices, bat the grower does not get the 

 fall benefit, for he had to sell. 



We will be very glad to receive your delegates at the Illinois 

 Society, and will treat them as well as Illinois people know how. 



President Evans — We are now ready to receive invitations for the 

 next meeting and discass them. 



Secretary Goodman— I have here an invitation for the June meet- 

 ing from the local society at West Plains. 



We, the undersigned, beg your honorable body, the Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, to hold your summer meeting next June at West Plains, Mo., pledging you our 

 hearty support Ijy our presence and as reasonable hotel and railroad rates as can be 



had anywhere. 



Aid Hardware Co. , 



Geo. O. Dougherty, 



John B. Black, 



G. L). Ellecye, 



Geo. T. Lewis, 



H P. W'hlte, 



S. T. Russell, 



T. J. Pitts, 



Wehle Simmons, 



G. H. Garter, 



W. H Odlom&Cc, 



R. M. Hornldy, 



E. M. Paage&Co., 



S. H. Coover, 



John Halsteed, 



Wm. P. Cutler, 



C. V. Crawford, 



Swartz & Horton, 



S. J. Langston Mer, Co. 



Penlck & McCollum, 



Oscar Weller, 



A. J. Spear, 



B. H. Haley, 

 B. B. Carter, 

 V. P. Wells, 

 M. J. Buford, 

 V. P. Renfrow, 

 T. J. Langston, 

 Kansas City Prod. Co. 

 Jno. W. Hltt, 

 Philip Corgan, 



C. F. Coleman, 

 H. G. Woolsey, 

 F. J. Moxey, 

 0. I. Lee & Co., 

 J. W. Martin, 

 Wiley Thorne, 

 J. E. Springer, 

 Livingston & Lives, 

 Hill- Whltmere Mer Co. 



D. W. Reese, 

 J. L. EUedge, 



S. C. Mlnnebraker, 



F. Ball, 



William Revney, 

 L. G. Perry, 

 Ed. Coker, 



S. M. Cady, 

 CM. Podas, 

 Funkhouse & Davis, 



G. C. Marsden&Co., 



B. T. Henry, 

 S. J. Helt, 



C. G. Brown, 

 Shadburn Bros. , 

 A. J. Stephens, 



H. Tlmberman & Co » 

 J. T. Outen, 

 Dressier, Stous & Co. , 

 , West Plains Drug Co., 

 James L. McKaney, 

 JohnT. Snodgrass, 



To the Honorable, the Missouri State Holtlcultural Society : 



We, the undersigned citizens and fruit-growers of Oregon county, respectfully request 

 that your summer meeting next June be held at West Plains, In Howell county. 



Should this request be complied with, we pledge you our attendance during the session, 

 and that we will unite with the citizens of West Plains in giving your members in attend- 

 ance from other parts of the State a hearty welcome. 



A. P. Campbell, 

 H. K. Aid arson, 

 H. 0. Mlddleton, 

 T. M. Culver, 

 J. T. McOormack, 

 J. D. Wnkerson. 



C. M. Alderson, 

 F. M. Arnold, 

 W. C. Paynter,, 

 B. Leach, 

 L. S. Wilson, 



