194: MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



our cultivated crops in this region of our state. Our soil is such that 

 it stands any ordinary drouth well, and by the process mentioned 

 above, preventing, or at least neutralizing, its effects is as good as a 

 cure. 



Hoping our ])lanter8 Avill see the necessity for a more vigorous. 

 and energetic action, 



I remain yours, 



NATT. STEVENS. 



WEDNESDAY, 7 P. M. 



This evenings session was one of the most enjoyable ever held by 

 our society. 



REPORT BY MRS. WADE BURDEN, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 



L. A. Goodman^ Secretary Missouri State Horticultural Society: 



Dear Sir: It will be impossible for me to attend the meeting at 

 Lexing-ton. I re'gret this exceedingly, as I enjoy the meetings, they are 

 so instructive and inspiring. Your society is doing noble work and 

 have the sympathy and good wishes of very many not identified with 

 the society. 



You remember a paper written by Mr. Phcenix, of Charleston, Mo.^ 

 on keeping tender roses through the winter; it was read at the summer 

 meeting in Springfield. We tried his method with the greatest success, 

 not losing a plant out of sixty-five. We bad Catherine Mermet, Etoile 

 de Lyon, Perle de Jardins, Marshal Niel, and many other varieties, and 

 had strong healthy plants this summer from all of them. One Marshal 

 Niel had four branches from twelve to fifteen feet long. It did not 

 flower during the summer but budded in the fall from every joint. 

 Unfortunately the season was not long enough for the buds to mature^ 

 We cut from forty to sixty roses a day during the hot dry weather of 

 August and September. We planted deep and only watered till the 

 plants were well set. We shall try the same plan this winter with the 

 addition of laying down the tops, hoping to preserve some of the old 



