SOCIETY OF NOETHEEN ILLINOIS. 197 



1888. CE. 



Jan. 12. To J. L. Eudd's bill S 27.23 



Jan. 12. To M. Barnard 3.00 



Jan. 12. To G. J. Kellogg's bill 1 .7.5 



Jan. 12. To £. W. Graves postage 1 .00 



Jan. 12. To E. W. Graves for filing report 25.00 



Jan. 21. To Cummings & Scott printing 13.50 



Jan. 21. To Kankakee Horticultural Society 6.00 



Jan. 21. To J. B. Babcock 1.50 



Jan. 21. To postage for year 1 .00 



Jan. 21. To exchange .25 



Jan. 21. To balance on hand 130.71 



S210.94 



The Secretary moved that the report be referred to a committee, 

 to act on, in the usual way. 



Motion prevailed, and the chairman appointed the following 

 committee: A. R. Whitney, J. V. Cotta, D. J. Piper. 



Mr. Hallett — 1 am sorry that I am unable to express my feel- 

 ings of sorrow and regret at the death of our venerable and beloved 

 friend and co-laborer, Mr. Scott, who has been one of our most 

 active members, and one who always took a lively interest in all 

 horticultural gatherings. He was always ready to do all the work 

 and assume all the responsibility of arranging the meeting in our 

 local society at Galena. The arrangements preparatory for the 

 present meeting had all been left to him, as he was willing at all 

 times to carry the load. But, alas! he has been taken away in the 

 midst of his labors, and the arrangements have never been completed 

 as they would have been had he lived. The consequence is, nothing 

 is prepared, as those interested in horticulture, about Galena, have 

 been so paralyzed by the sudden death of Mr. Scott, that they have 

 not fully come to realize the necessity of their taking hold of the 

 work where he had left it, and completing the arrangements for the 

 meeting. No one regrets more than I that such is the condition of 

 affairs. 



Mr. Wh'itney — The committee on the treasurer's report is ready. 

 Chairman — It will come in as well now as any time. 



