360 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF MOUND CITY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Mound City Horticultural Society wa.s organized February, 1887, 

 with eight members. The enrollment was increased during the year to 

 forty-sever. During the year 1888, the society has had sixteen 

 meetings. From one to three papers have been read at each meeting, 

 questions of a general nature discussed, and much good accomplished. 



The society made a very creditable display of fruit at our Harvest 

 Home, and the greater quantity was sent to the State Society's display 

 at St. Louis. Besides, the society made two other shipments, in all 

 about eighteen bushels. Those contributing to the display were Judge 

 Skeels, Dr. Long, C. Schults, John Bucher, Mr. Houston, Ed Richards, 

 and many others whose names we did not learn. The society elects its 

 officers yearly, in March. The officers for 1888 were: J. Dunkelberger, 

 President; D. B. Browning, Vice-President; M. Houston, Treasurer, 

 and J, M. Hasness, Secretary. 



The following are the members for 1888: John Bucher, Sherman 

 Smith, Jeff Drake. Isaac Algier, Wash McNulty, A. S. Smith, Isaac 

 Dunkelberger, J. B, Andes, J. S. Hart, J. S. Kyle, H. C. Smith, Jerry 

 Dunkelberger, Dr. Long, M. Houston, C. Schultz, J. M. Hasness, D. B. 

 Browning, W. H. Paxton, W. H. Litenberger, Robert Gillis, C. S. Furh- 

 man, C. M. Mosher, F. Donan, M. Herron, W. H. Holderman, Ed Rich- 

 ards, W. P. Meyer, H. Walker, W. M. Hamshler, F. M, Parrot, S. V. 

 Richardson, D. W. Weaver, L. C. Smith, Alonzo Hill, D. W. Porter, 

 Jacob Mumm, F. T. Nichols, J. Bickel, J. W. Davis. 



A recitation by Miss Inez Scott was an appropriate ending of the 

 meeting. 



State commissioner of forestry, M. G. Kern, of St. Louis, chairman 

 of the committee on forestry, was not present, but his report was read 

 by the secretary. The report dwelt upon the necessity of forest culture 

 and suggested that a portion of the asylum farm could be used to great 

 advantage in this way. Mr. Kern thought fully fifty acres for ornament- 

 al grounds and 150 for farm purposes would be ample for all needs, and 

 that the remaining 400 acres ought to be devoted to arbor culture. 



