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have been more interesting' and raucli more largely attended by our 

 members and larger number of visitors than ever before. 



Our society held their usual spring or semi-annual floral and straw- 

 berry exhibition, closing successfully and pleasantly with a strawberry 

 festival. We also made a fruit display at the agricultural association's 

 fair at Springfield, in September and Ist and 2d of October, in which 

 we think more fine apples were shown than we had ever been able to 

 exhibit before, and the first and second premiums of $75 and $30 were 

 awarded to us for the best collections of apples. 



Our financial management and condition has improved. The reli- 

 able working element of the society has been very much strengthened 

 by acquisition Our membership is steadily increasing- nicely, the fol- 

 lowing is a list of members names : 



From this list it may be seen that about forty per cent, of our 

 membership are ladies — our wives and daughters, who delight to dem- 

 onstrate the fact that woman has a mission in horticulture. 



At last Saturday's meeting the secretary rounded up the business 

 of the year, paid all our debts, and elected officers for a new year, 

 whose names are here given : 



W. E. Sheffield, President; J. Kirchgraber, Vice-President; D. S. 

 Holman, Secretary; R. W. Meacham, Treasurer. 



STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1887. 



Small Fruits — W. M. Hopkins, M. J. Eountree and H. H. Park. 



Orchards — Henry Sholten, D.S. Holman and E. H. Lair. 



Vineyards — John Bailey, K. G. Parker and Johnathan Moore. 



Stone Fruits— G. W. Hopkins, L. M. Hill and J. M. Kelly. 



Vegetables — R. W. Meachim, Jonathan Moore and W. 0. Free- 

 man. , 



Flowers — J. Kirchgraber, Mrs. Wade Burden and Ed. Quin. 



Ornamentals — Mrs. D. S. Holman, Miss Mollie Hopkins and Mrs. 

 Parker. 



Entomology — Dr. Lane, Judge Rountree and Prof. E. M. Shep- 

 herd. 



Botany — Prof. Shepherd, Mrs. Prather and Mrs, I)r. Roberson. 



The Rural World was recommended to members as the best paper 

 for our society. 



They elected the President and secretary delegates to your annual 

 meeting, with instructions to represent our society as a most frilling 

 auxiliary to yours, our parent society. 



