WINTER MEETING. 



FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The forty-sixth annual meeting convened on December 8, 9 and 

 10, 1903, at Columbia. The day sessions and fruit display were in 

 the new Horticultural Building of the Agricultural College ; the even- 

 ing sessions were held in the auditorium of the Missouri State Uni- 

 versity. 



This meeting was one of the most enjoyable the organization 

 has ever held. The meeting was especially notable because of the 

 number of other states represented at the meeting. Among the vis- 

 itors were Messrs. Munger of Iowa. Loop of Wisconsin, Christy of 

 Nebraska, Snedeker, Riehl. McClay, Baxter of Illinois, Kellogg of 

 Michigan, three members of the Holsinger family and M. E. Chandler 

 of Kansas. Then there were the visitors who were on the program — 

 Dr. Burrill of Illinois, Hale of Connecticut, Craig of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, and Powell of the Department of Agriculture. Then, too, the 

 different sections of Missouri were well represented, the delegates 

 being distributed over the entire State. — Western Fruit Grower. 



The first session was called to order by President Robnett. The 

 Rev. Dr. Layman read a passage from Psalms and delivered the in- 

 vocation. The president introduced Mr. W. H. Rothwell, city at- 

 torney, who in the absence of the mayor, made the address of wel- 

 come on behalf of the citv. » 



WELCOME ADDRESS. 



Mr. Rothwell said in part : Fellow citizens and members of the 

 State Horticultural Society: I am a very young man to have placed 

 upon me by the absence of our mayor the duty of welcoming such 

 men as you. When I look over this intelligent audience, especially 

 at the ladies in it, I wish that I were a fellow horticulturist, that I 

 might mingle with you. At the rer[uest of the mayor and on behalf 



