The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-06-16
Call for a Convention to Form a Hor-
ticulturaI Society for the Missis-
sippi Valley.

To the HOrticulturlsts Of the Mississippi
Valley:
In puruauce Of action taken at the late
meeting Of the Missouri Horticultural So
cietv, which embraced delegates from sever
al other State societies, q committee was aIr
pointed 10 invite the hOrticulturists Of the
Western and Southwestern States to meet
iu convention for the purpose Of effecting the
organization Of Mississippi Valley Horti-
cultural Society and also to arrange for an
extensive exhibition Of fruits and flowers
during the coming autumn. After consul
tation with h0rticulturists in several States,
the undersigned have decided to call a con-
yentiDu for that purpose to meet IN st. Louis,
on Wednesday, the eighth day Of September
next, at o'clock, A. NJ. the particular place
and programme Of the meeting TO be hereaf-
ter published
We are also pleased to be able to an
uouuce that the Merchants Exchange ofSt.
Louis has. with characteristic courtesy and
Iberalitv. granted Us the use of their great
hall for the purpose Of horticultural eXhl-
bition; and they also guarantee the funds
necessary to enable US to offer schedule OF
prizes amounting in all to $500, which l.
herewith published. This exhibition Will be
held on the seventh, eighth and ninth Of
September.
We offer a very liberal list Of premiums
and have announcement to believe that We
can secure the largest and best arranged dis
pIav Of horticultural products ever made IN
our country. Certainly there has never
been an opportunity for making so magnifi-
cent a display, the ball Of the It Louis
Merchants Exchange Is the largest and finest
in America.
While the purpose of the proposer5 of this
organization is to serve more Immediately
the interests Of pomology, forestry and hori-
culture in this great Mississippi Valley, yet
we invite the cooperation, both in the con-
veutiun and i'm the exhibition, Of all persons
interested in the horticultural growth of the
country, without regard to locality.
We confidently hope that the lovers Of
pomology and rural art in all these States
viii Join Us with the enthusiasm and energy
Of Western men in the effort to make such an
organization, and such an exposition Of our
horticultural resources rs shall be worthy OF
the country in which we live.
Norman J. Coleman, President the Mis-
souri, State Horticultural Society.
J. G. Evans, Missouri State Horticultural
Society.
;. NJ, Tracy, Secretary of the Missouri
State Horticultural Society.
G. Q. Smith, Arkansas State HoTucultu-
raj Society.
!. b. Hoag, Arkansas State Hortieultu-
raj Society.
Perker Earle, President Illinois State Hor-
tioultural Society.
O. b. Galusha, Secretary of the Illinois
State Horticultural Society.
J. +. Starr, Illinois State Horticultural
Society.
IL. Tone, President of Texas State Horti-
cultural Society.
r. /. Monson, Secretary Of Texas State
Horticultural Society.
w. II. Regain, Secretary Indiana State
Horticultural Society
T. !. Lyon, President Michigan State Po
theological Society.
l.. w. Garfield, Secretary Michigan State
Pomoiogical Society.
J. NJ. smith, President Wisconsin State
Horticultural Society.
C.L. Watrons, President Iowa State Hor-
ticuItural Society.
J. L. Budd, Secretary of Iowa State Hor-
ticultural Society.
NJ. w. Phillips, Oxford, Mississippi.
4. w. Furnas, President of Nebraska
State Horticultural Society.
u. ii. Wheeler, Secretary Nebraska State
horticultural Society.
!. w. Morton, Secretary Tennessee State
Horticultural Society.
e. f. Gale President Kansas State Hor-
ticultural Society.
c. c. Bracket, Secretary Kansas State
Horticultural Society.
j. Decker, secretary Kentucky.
q. w. Il. Lewis, President Gulf States
Fruit Growers Association.
:. NJ Wiggins, Secretary Gulf States
Fruit Growers Association.
J. r. Grimes, President Minnesota State
Horticultural Society.