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of the citv council I welcome vou to our broad thorousfhfares, to our 

 homes and our family circles, to everything you see except our wives 

 and daughters. The keys of the city are in your possession; use them 

 in whatever way you see fit. 



During the few days of your sojourn here I think the people of 

 the city and of Boone county will do everything in their power to 

 make you welcome. Thanking you for your kind attention, I welcome 

 you to the city. Whatever you see is yours while you are here. 



PRESIDENT R. H. JESSE ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



I most heartily bid you welcome. When you were here five years 

 ago you asked the State Legislature for a new building of horticulture. 

 No response was given by that Legislature or the next, but victory has 

 at last crowned our efforts ; and it seems fitting for this society which 

 has done so much to secure the building, to meet here for the purpose 

 of dedicating it to the service of horticulture. You suggested the build- 

 ing; you sustained us in every effort to get it, and therefore it is pecu- 

 liarly your building. I heartily welcome you to it for the first time. 



In my opinion no organization in this State has done more for the 

 advancement of the State than this society. For the last twelve years, 

 as long as I have been in the State, you have displayed intelligence and 

 devotion to the science of horticulture. For your good works I love you 

 and welcome you most heartily on behalf of the University. 



RESPONSE. 

 (By Second Vice-President C. H. Dutcher.) 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



A position on our program means work as well as honor. None of 

 us object to the honor, but few, if indeed any, covet the work. But, 

 fellow members, to respond to such cordial and able welcome addresses 

 as have just been tendered us, ought to be a pleasure to anyone; and 

 such T consider it, however much I may have desired not to serve you in 

 this capacity upon this occasion. 



We cannot thank the mayor and President Jesse too highly for their 

 words of hearty welcome and exceeding good cheer. They give us a 

 home feeling at once, and indeed such ought to be the case. The bond 

 of sympathy between this society and the L^niversity and the city in which 



