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want it beautiful for the students that come there from other parts of 

 this State and from other States. I think that when this work is done 

 it will be a joy forever. Our local society feels and wants to act, but 

 we cannot do all that we want to do. Next spring there will be trees 

 to plant. We feel this must be done. We ask for trees and plants. 

 We ask for sympathy, not for your money. 



Mr. Goodman — Several years ago Prof. Kern offered to go to any 

 part of the State and form plans for the grounds of any public institu- 

 tion in connection with the State society. He has now laid out four. 

 We pay only his expenses. Now these grounds want to be planted. 

 We want to have a special meeting of all the members who can go 

 there next spring and do some of this planting. They are not rich, 

 and we shall have to have some trees. I will take your name and the 

 number of trees you will give to help plant these grounds. 



L. A. Goodman 100 



J . C . Evans 50 



J. B. Wild & Bros 100 



C. 1 Robards 100 



N. F. Murray 100 A. Ambrose 100 



We expect to get a list from Prof. Kern of such trees as we will 

 need. * 



Mr. Chubbuck — Please remember Kidder Institute. There will be 

 room there for any trees you may have left at Drury. 



Mr. Holman — I want to thank this society, and especially the nur- 

 serymen who have responded so liberally. 



Prof. Callhan — I also return my thanks. 



THE PEACH. 



G. W. HOPKINS, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 



I know but little about the peach the present year, except what has 

 come under my immediate observation. In the vicinity of Springfield 

 the trees went through the winter in good condition, bloomed profusely 

 in the spring and gave every promise of a bountiful crop. The early 

 varieties set a full crop, in fact, too full, and those that thinned, found 

 their fruit much nicer. I went over some of my trees three times, and 

 I find it will pay. It is not such a job as a great many people might 

 imagine. After the early peaches were gone, the Springfield market 

 was almost bare of home grown fruit. We had a remarkably wet sea- 

 son, and the late fruit seemed to rot on the trees before ripening. 

 Whether the late crop was similarly affected farther south in the peach 



