Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, for the Year 1885: Report of the 28th Annual Meeting Held at Warrensburg, December 9, 10, 11, 1885; Also, a Report of the Semi-Annual Meeting Held at Butler, June 10 and 11, 1885; And "Secretary's Budget" Art. II. Any person may become a member of this society upon the payment of one dollar, and membership shall continue on the pay, ment of one dollar annually. The payment of ten dollars at one time shall constitute a person a life member, and honorary members may be elected at any regular meeting of the society. And any lady may become a member by giving her name to the Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.