WINTER MEETING AT LEBANON. 



The Thirty-second annual meeting of the Missouri State Horticul- 

 tural society was held in Lebanon, Missouri, December 3, 4, 5, 1889. 



The society began to collect the day before, so as to arrange the 

 fruits and flowers for the exhibition. 



On the day of the opening the beautiful opera house was found 

 decorated with a fine display of grains, grasses, vegetables, fruits and 

 flowers, besides a large lot of evergreen trimming and ornamentation. 

 The whole of the arrangement is due to the effort of the local society, 

 through Mr. A. Nelson, their president. 



Abundance of the finest apples ever shown were on the tables, 

 while on all sides were flowers, plants, grains, grasses and ornamentals. 



It does any society good to visit such a place as Lebanon and find 

 everything in readiness for their meeting and entertainment. 



It is no wonder that our members are enthusiastic and energetic 

 when we find scattered all over our State just such earnest workers 

 as we find at Lebanon, and such complete preparation as found there. 



In order to give an outline of the good program we had at Leba- 

 non, I submit a report made by Colman's Rural World of the meeting: 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BY OUR OWN REPORTER. 



The Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Missouri State Horticul- 

 tural society convened at Lebanon, Tuesday, December 3, 1889. In 

 matter of numbers it was not fully up to expectation, but those attending 

 from different sections of the State were enthusiasts in their chosen 

 vocation, and the meeting lacked nothing in point of interest. 



To the very hospitable people of Lebanon is due great credit for 

 the royal manner in which they entertained and cared for their visitors. 

 Henceforth, the hospitality of that prosperous little city will be pro- 



