234 State Horiictdiiiral Society. 



J. E. May, LaPlata, Mo., 3 varieties i .00 



A. W. Lightburn, Liberty, Mo., i variety -45 



W. H. Benedict, Richards, Mo., 3 varieties ; i col. Evap. 



apples 1 . 50 



E. J. Baxter, Nauvoo, 111., 9 varieties; i variety pears 3-7° 



W. Va. Hort. Society, 14 varieties 10.50 



F. G. Henley, Spring Garden, Mo., 4 varieties 2.20 



PI. Schnell, Glasgow Mo., 6 varieties ; 3 varieties chestnuts ; 2 



varieties Hickorynuts ; 6 plates sweet potatoes 3- 00 



S. Y. Thornton, Blackwater, Mo., 2 varieties .80 



Joseph Gamble, Brookfield, Mo., 7 varieties 3-50 



D. M. Hulen, Hallsville, Mo., i variety .50 



C. M. Williams, Laclede, Mo., 7 varieties; 3 plates potatoes. . 4.00 



Chas. W. Steiman, Dalton, Mo., 7 varieties 3.25 



L. J. Hartman, St. Joseph, Mo., 5 varieties 2.40 



Henry Kirklin, Columbia, Mo., i variety carrots ; i variety 



parsnips ; 2 varieties celery; i jar strawberries i .75 



John M. Surface, Kansas City, Mo., i variety .40 



J. B. Wild '& Bro., Sarcoxie, 4 varieties 2.00 



Miss Wheeler, Columbia, Mo., i variety .40 



Total $102.85 



We also desire to give honorable mention to the excellent dis- 

 play of imitation fruits by Miss Rubart. 



E. J. Baxter, Chairman, 



G. H. Powell, 



W. S. Monger, Secretary, 



Committee. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



G. T. Tippin spoke of the importance of the coming year on ac- 

 count of the World's Fair, and the necessity for an able and fully 

 equipped man to meet the obligations that would fall upon the presi- 

 dent. He nominated Dr. J. C. Whitten and moved that the rules be 

 suspended and the secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the 

 society for Dr. J. C. Whitten for president. 



C. H. Dutcher seconded the motion. 



The motion was carried without dissent and the secretary cast 

 the vote of the society for Dr. J. C. Whitten, and he was declared 

 elected president. 



J. C. Whitten. — My friend, Tippin, could not have surprised me 

 more than bv nominating me for president. I have always felt that 



