TRANSACTIONS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. 89 



February 1 — 2 P. M. 



Summer Meetings. — At the opening of the afternoon session, 

 Mr. Stickney moved that the invitations extended to the State 

 Society by the Grand Chute and Northwestern Horticultural 

 societies, to hold June meetings in connection with them, be 

 accepted. This motion prevailed, conditioned, however, upon the 

 passage of the bill before the Legislature granting the Society an 

 appropriation as heretofore. In case this aid was given, the 

 President was authorized to pay fifty dollars to each of those 

 societies, provided they would raise a like sum, to be offered in 

 premiums for fruits and flowers at an exhibition to be held in 

 connection with the meetings. The duty of making the neces- 

 sary arrangements for the attendance and presentation of papers 

 by members, on the part of the State Society, was also assigned 

 to the President and Secretary. The President stated that the 

 local societies were anxious to have our Society well represented 

 at their meetings, and would be disappointed if there were but 

 few present. He knew that it was a very busy season of the year 

 with them, and it seemed almost impossible for many of them to 

 leave home, but he hoped they would make special efforts to 

 attend. 



Delegates. — President Smith said that it had been thought 

 best to appoint special delegates to represent the Society at the 

 annual meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, to be 

 held in Chicago, in December next. That Society were making 

 preparations to have a large gathering of the leading horticultur- 

 ists on that occasion, and it would doubtless be a very interesting 

 meeting. He would appoint as special delegates, Messrs. J. C. 

 Plumb and A. J. Philips, and would also give certificates to all 

 members who could attend. 



As the hour assigned for the report of the Secretary had arrived, 

 it was now read : 



secretary's report. 



Gentlemen of the State Horticultural Society : — The routrne of 

 our work has been much the same the past as in former years, 

 but there is good reason to believe that the results attained and the 

 influence exerted have been as great as, if not much greater than in 



