PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



Illinois ptatse [lortsicultur'al ^ocietij 



HELD AT 



Alton, December U, 12 and 13, 1888. 



The Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Horti- 

 cultural Society convened in Root's Opera House, in the city of 

 Alton, December 11th, 188S, with President Dunlap in the Chair. 



At the appointed time the President called the house to order 

 and invited Rev. J. W. Caldwell to invoke the divine blessing. 



Mr. Minkler — Thirty-three years ago a few of the energetic 

 horticulturists of the State met in this city and organized the Hli- 

 nois State Horticultural Society. As one of the original corporators, 

 it gives me great pleasure, after the lapse of a third of a century, to 

 again meet the Society at the place of its birth. But of that little 

 company who founded this Society, which has been such a power 

 for good, I am to-day the only representative present, and it is sad 

 to know that nearly all have gone to the " other shore." 



Hon. H. G. McPike, Mayor of the City, welcomed the Society 

 in the following appropriate words : 



Mr. President and Members of the 



Illinois State Horticultural Society : 

 It is with pleasure that we greet you to-day, and welcome you 

 to the city of the bluffs. I have long been interested in horticul- 

 ture, and for many years connected with our local society, and am 

 proud of the work it has done. Alton may truly be called the 



