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ing to donate to this work. They have responded promptly before 

 and have done so now. I append a Hst of shrubs wanted and will 

 divide this list up amoung- our nurserymen as they see fit to give. 



Shrubs, about 800 



Roses, about 250 



Climbers, about 50 



Evergreens, about 150 



Evergreens, Southern, about : i6(.i 



Trees, about 50 



Herbaceous, about • 600 



Total ; 2,060 



These plants, trees and vines have thus far been furnished or 

 promised by the following nurserymen, but no doubt there will be a 

 number more who will respond to the crdl before the season has 

 passed: 



J. B. Wild & Bros., Sarcoxie; Blair & Kauffman, Kansas City; 

 J. S. Butterfield, Lee's Summit; J. P. Sinnock, Moberly ; Stark Bros., 

 Louisiana ; G. T. Tippin, Nichols ; 1\I. Butterfield, Farmington ; W. 

 J. Weber & Sons, St. Louis. 



The following flowering and ornamental shrubs and trees ha\e 

 been contributed by these nurserymen: 



Altheas, Forsythia, Snow Balls, Weigelias, Syringias, Spireas, 

 the Fringes, Hydrangea, Double Plum and Cherry, Deutzia, Flowering 

 Almond, Lilacs, Snow Berry, Dogwoods, Red Buds, Japan ^^laples. 

 Double Crab, Privets, Silver Thorn, Japan Quince, Mahonia, Euony- 

 mus, Barberry, Tamarix, Laurel, Exochordia, Daphna Alba, Chaste 

 Shrub, Pepper Bush, Andromeda, Tree Peonies, Honey Suckles, Su- 

 mach, Box Tree, Cedar of Lebanon, European Larch, Rosa Rugosa, 

 Roses, Wistaria, Virginia Creeper, Norway Spruce, Retinospora 

 Plumosa, Arbor Vitae, Hemlock, Junipers, Pines, Cedars, Ash; Bircli. 

 Beech, Catalpa, Salisbury, Elms, Willows, Yucca, Pampas, Eulalia. 

 Cannas, Rudebeckia, Peonies, Hollyhocks, Desmodium, Bleeding 

 Heart, Trilium, Day Lily, Narcissus, Iris. 



It is just twenty-two years ago that we met in the hall of the old 

 agricultural building to take up anew the work of fruit growing and 

 its development in our grand old State with a renewed interest an<l 

 zeal and vim and enthusiasm. A time when we needed every help for mat- 

 ters were at rather low tide in putting forward the work or the work- 

 ers ; a time of very little interest except along the western border; 

 a time when it seemed rather a -risk}^ matter to put thousands of dol- 



