The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-01-23
COMMITTEES ARRANGED FOR. AT A
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
Large and Interesting Meeting to Be
Held-Llst of Subjects TO Be
Discussed.


Mcdonald was made chairman and
Mr.. Geo. P. Warner secretary.
The following letter was then read
and gives some insight as to the mag
nitude and Importance of the meet
ing.
Fort WORTH, Tex, jan Z, 1890.
Hon. A P. Woodbridge:
Dear Sir-At the meeting of the Texas
State horticultural society held at Bren-
ham in June last yourself, the honorable
mayor of your city, Geo. p. Warner, Major
!. L. breckenridge, d. G. Dunn and Judge
Schultz were appointed committee of ar
engagements on railroad transportation, en-
tertainment, and all other needed arrange
ments and plans for the benefit of the
American Horticultural society, which
meets in your city February Is, 1890. Your
committee has full power to add any other
names to those mentioned, and to appoint
such other committees in any part of the
state as you may think best. If you
have not done so, please meet and organ
ize at once and do your best to
get the lowest possible railroad fare from
every part of Texas to the city of Austin.
Also try to get excursion rates from all
other states to the capital of Texas. Espe
cially get rates from California and the Pa
Citic coast generally.
entire state of Texas than any meeting ever
held in the state as the members of said
society will come from every section of this
Union and from Canada and Mexico and
some from Europe. No meeting was ever
held in the state whose members possess
more practical intelligence than will COM
pose this meeting.
know the labor will be heavy on your
committee, but any other city in Texas
would have been glad to have taken all the
trouble and have met all the expense if
they could have had the meeting.
With respect, w. G. VEAL,
President Texas State Horticultural Soci-
ETY..
After the reading of the above letter
the following executive committee was
appointed:
Gen. A. S. Roberts, A. P. Woodbridge,
Walter Tips, A. N. Leitnaker, E. M.
House, E. Saunders, w. H. Huddle,
j. M. Burroughs, G. P. Warner, John
Mcdonald, chairman.
On motion, the following chairmen
of committees were elected:
Mr.. j. NJ. Burroughs, chairman on
exhibits.
Capt. Leitnaker, chairman of COM
mittee on transportation.
Gen. A. S. Roberts, chairman of
committee of arrangements.
Mr.. E. M. House, chairman of COM
mittee of reception.
Mr.. George P. Warner, chairman of
committee on entertainment and pro-
gramme.
Mr.. w. H. Huddle, chairman of
committee on decorations.
Mr.. E. Saunders, chairman of
finance committee.
The gentlemen mentioned will
select their committees today and re-
port them to Mayor Mcdonald to-
morrow.
On motion Hon. l.. L. Foster, COM
missioner of agriculture, and Hon.
Edwin T. Dumble, of the state geolog
ical department, were appointed on the
general committee and made chair
men of their respective departments.
The meeting will be held in the
representative hall while the exhibits
will be arranged in the spacious cor
ridor which divides the hall from the
committee rooms.
The guests will be shown every cour-
tesy while in the city, and will be ten
dered magnificent reception and
banquet.
Persons having flowers, plants or
anything suitable for placing on exhi-
bition during the meeting, should ad-
dress the chairman on exhibits. All
articles sent in will be we'll cared for.
During the meeting the following
subjects will be discussed:
The LIE Conte Pear as a Stock for other
Varieties-W. f. Heikes, of Alabama:
horticultural Arizona and Later Advices
from the Land of the Marquis OF Leap"
Lincoln Fowler, of Arizona.
Propagating the Grape by Gratting-Prof,
Geo. Husmann, of California.
California Fruits in Europe-Leonard
Coates, of California.
Report on Olive Culture in the Santa
Clara Valley-E. E. Goodrich, of Califor-
mia.
How and Where Bananas are Grown
K;nton Stevens, of California.
(Topic not yet given PROF. e. J. Wick
son, of California
The Influence of Irrigation, Climate and
Altitude on Colorado Horticulture-D. B.
Grimes, of Colorado. -,
Some Points in Forest Planting on the
Plains and Prairies-Prof. b. +. FernoW
of the District of Columbia
Observations on New Fruits-Prof. ID. H.
Van Deman, of the District of Columbia.
Our National Floral Emblem-Mrs. }. L
La Monte, ofIllinols, -
Practical Cider Vinegar Making-F. g
Johnson, of Illinois.
Horticulture at the Paris Exposition
Leon Hay, of Illinois.
"Johnny Appleseed" Newton
Mathews, M. D., of Illinois: q,
lSubiect to be announced)-JohnC larB
Ridpath, LII. D., OF Indiana.
Jefferson as Horticulturist-Hon. JONI
p. Apologize, of Indiana.
A Cold Wave Illustrated, or How Biz
GARD Gets Among Us-W. II. Reagan,
Indiana.
How Apples are Grown in Eastern Kan
sasNFred Wellhouse, of Kansas,
Horticulture in the Pine Woods Region
of fine South-E. NJ. Hudson, OF louisiana
Injurious Fungi and their Remedies: tn
Result of experimentation l.. K. TAFT, o
Protecting Fruit Tree and Plant Buyer
nv Statute0Wyman Elliott, of Minnesota
THE Railroad in Horticulture-E. L. Hol
lister, of Missouri. go .o
Presidents Address-President Parke
Earle. OF Mississippi. $1,000 ~ n
Horticultural Prodiges of 1905. Bar