353 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The society held its annual meeting last Saturday; closed the ac- 

 counts for 1888 and elected officers for 1889. Also elected the President 

 Sheffield, R. G. Parker and J. Kirchgraber, delegates to your meeting. 

 Mr. Parker will attend, also our secretary, 



Hoping for you again a good meeting, and that it may suit you at 

 an early day to give us a meeting in Springfield, we are 



Yours, 



W. H. HOLMAN. 



REPORT OF THE JASPER COUNTY SOCIETY. 



BY Z. T. RUSSELL, SECRET \RY, CARTHAGE, Mo. 



The Jasper County Horticultural Society still lives and continues to 

 hold meetings once a month. Not a meeting has been missed, and 

 nearly all have been interesting, profitable and well attended. The June 

 July, August and September meetings were held in the county, at the 

 homes of the members, and were attended by the wives and families of 

 members, in a kind of horticultural family re-union so familiar to the 

 members of other societies, but new to us. A good pic-nic dinner, 

 prepared by the ladies and spead* upon long tables, was a prominent 

 feature of each of these meetings, at which the attendance was large 

 and enthusiastic They were considered quite successful, and will 

 doubtless be renewed again next year. 



During the year our membership has been greatly increased. The 

 roll of membership now contains 54 names, and includes one of the rep- 

 resentatives elect to the legislature from this county and the names of 

 two members from other counties' — one from Barton and one from Law- 

 rence. We also have members from portions of the county not here- 

 tofore represented with us. 



Our financial condition too has improved. We are out of debt and 

 have money in the treasury. There tave been more persons by 50 per 



