272 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. President :— Your Committee on Finance beg leave to report that they 

 have examined accounts of Treasurer Holman and find them correct. Your com- 

 mittee would recommend that an appropriation of ?100 be made to purchase books- 

 on horticulture. 



All of which is most respectfully submitted. 



A. Ambrose. 



W. G. Gano. 



Henry Speer. 



Adopted. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



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All the old officers were re elected. 



Secretary Goodman read a notice sent by W. H. Ragan, of Indiana, 

 secretary of the American Horticultural society, in regard to the next 

 meeting of his society at Austin, Texas. 



E. T. Hollister — Allow me to suggest to the members of this soci- 

 ety that the American Horticultural society is one of the most impor- 

 tant in existence in this country. It is really a child of the Missouri 

 Horticultural society. I remember attending a meeting of this society 

 in St. Louis where the American Horticultural was first suggested. I 

 have never attended any more interesting meetings than those of that 

 society. 



Pres. Evans — Membership in that society gives ns a broader view 

 of horticulture. It gives us an idea of what is being done in horticul- 

 ture in the whole country. The two meetings held in California were 

 worth hundreds of dollars. One man said he would not take 82,000 

 for the benefit he had from his trip. 



J. M. Rice spoke of the transportation problem and the association 

 of fruit-growers at Nevada. 



Secretary Goodman — I fully sympathize with the movement, but 

 as a State society we should have nothing to do with combinations or 

 associations for commercial purposes. 



N. F. Murray— We shall take up this very matter at the next meet- 

 ing of the Holt county society. 



Mr. Chubbuck — I would like to state that I have opposed the 

 State Board of Agriculture taking any part in any trade or commercial 

 association. 



A. Ambrose— We want only your co-operation as individuals and 

 not as a State society. 



