WINTER MEETING AT LEBANON. 275 



COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS. 



Report adopted, and the recommendation concurred in. 



Premiums awarded on flowers : 



Miss Emma Kirchgraber, 1st on best basket of flowers, $3. 

 The committee recommend that the following sums be given for the fine ex- 

 hibits of plants decorating the hall as an acknowledgment of their appreciation : 

 Mrs. A. Nelson, $10. 

 Mrs. J. G. Lingsweller, $6. 

 Mrs. J. T. Bradshaw, $3. 

 Mrs. M. W. Searl, $3. 



REPORT ON VEGETABLES. 



The undersigned, Committee on Vegetables, submit the following report. 



We award on the best peck of potatoes, premium $1, to J. Kirchgraber; vari- 

 ety, Early Puritan. 



Beets— Best peck, $1, A. Nelson. 



Celery— Best, *1, Mrs. E. Ellis. 



We also find on exhibit a general collection of vegetables not entered for pre- 

 mium that we consider worthy of notice, being in good state of preservation and of 

 fine size and appearance, particularly the potatoes 



We also find a splendid exhibit of 130 varieties of potatoes, among which are 

 four new seedlings from the State experimental farm at Columbia, Mo., in charge 

 of Prof. Clark, which in itself is a school. We have here (and the student can see 

 for himself) all these varieties, grown under the same conditions— culture, soil, 

 climate. Notice the growth, the quality and the peculiarities. It also speaks for 

 itself the good work that is done for the people under the fostering care of Prof. 

 Clark. 



We also find on exhibit quite a number of varieties that are not named, noth- 

 ing to indicate from whence they came, or the variety — nameless. We would re- 

 spectfully recommend that hereafter all exhibitors name all varieties, whether 

 for premiums or for exhibit only. 



E. F. Hyxes, 

 Jos. Kirchgraber, 

 J. G. Kinder. 



It was moved and carried that all fruit on exhibition should bear 

 the name of the grower and the locality where grown. 



Invitations for future meetings of the society were received from 

 Excelsior Springs, Poplar Bluff, Clinton, Kirkwoodand Kirksville. 



W. G. Gano moved that the place of the next summer and the next 

 winter meeting of the society be referred to the Executive committee. 

 Carried. 



HORTICULTURE AT THE EXPERIMENT STATION, COLUMBIA. 



Prof. Clark said that he had succeeded in producing pear-blight by 

 inoculation with the sap of a blighted tree. He had also cultivated 



