126 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Springfield, Mo., June 9, 1897. 



We, the Committee on Finance, have examined the report ot the Treasurer and And 



same correct as stated by him, and vouchers for all. Amount money on hand In bank of 



Lebanon, as stated by the cashier, $889.39. 



S. VV. Gilbert, 



N. F. Murray, 



John T Snodgbass, 



Committee. 



Mr. Zink, President of the Greene County Horticultural Society, 

 then extended to the State Society an invitation to adjourn to the 

 banquet prepared by the ladies of Springfield. 



The President announced that the banquet prepared by the Greene 

 County Fruit Growers' A.8soclation for the entertainuient of the visi- 

 tors would be ready in the old postofBce arcade about 12:30, and all 

 members of the Convention were cordially invited to take dinner with 

 the hosts of the meeting. The dinner was served at the appointed 

 hour, and a more attractive dining-hall never greeted a company of 

 visitors than the Spriugtield and Greene county ladies had prepared 

 for their guests. The tables were charmingly decorated with flowers, 

 and the aesthetic attractions of the banquet would alone have been a 

 delight, but these beauties of the season only served to flavor the 

 elaborate menu which the excellent housekeepers so generously served. 

 The Greene County Association in this feature of hospitality certainly 

 gave every guest a new appreciation of the rich resources of the 

 Ozarks and the royal spirit of the Southwest Missouri heai't. 



After the dinner, Dr. Joseph Hensley, as toastmaster, called the 

 meeting to order, and, making a few suitable remarks, introduced G. 

 H. Van Hoaten, Secretary of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, 

 who spoke very eloquently on " Horticulture in the East." 



Vice-President N. F. Murray responded to the toast, " Horticul- 

 ture in the West." 



W. H. Barnes, Secretary of the Kansas Horticultural Society, 

 spoke on "Unity in Horticulture," President J. C. Evans on '' Tbe 

 Ozark Region," H. Adkins, of Sarcoxie, on "Three Hundred Car-loads 

 of Strawberries," and Rev. John Brereton on "Women in Horticul- 

 ture." 



The miscellaneous program of the closing session was then taken 

 up by the regular meeting. 



