Ii(pcHs of Ccmmiiiees. 1C5 



tional members were added, viz., Lyon, FurEas, Galusba and Now- 

 lin, and the committee was irstiuctfd to report at a subsequent 



session of the Society. 



Mr. (). B. Galusba, Chairman of the Committee on Hortiml- 



tural Statistics, then reported the following, which was adopted : 



REPOKT (IF COMMITTKK ON HORTICULTURAL STATISTICS. 



Mr. President — Your committee, to whom was referred the subject of the prac- 

 ticability of arranging for the collection of statistics relating to horticultural 

 work and products in the Mississippi Valley, beg leave to report that they appre- 

 ciate the great importance of such a work as set forth by the President of this So- 

 ciety in his address. 



We see but one objection to successfully carrying out the views of the President, 

 viz., the want of funds to defray the necessary expense of collecting such statistics; 

 but in view of the general liberality of the fruit growers and shippers of this great 

 valley, we are confident this objection can and will be overcome, and present the 

 following : 



Resolved, That our Secretary be and hereby is instructed to secure, if possible, 

 the co-operation of the several State horticultural societies in collecting these sta- 

 tistics, and arrange with them for furnishing a portion of the funds necessary to 

 defray the expense of printing, postage, etc. ; and he is further instructed to sup- 

 ply them with a pro ratxi number of copies of the reports. 



Besolird, That the Secretary is hereby instructed to issue and collect three sets of 

 statistics during the year, viz : one in the spring, as soon as the general planting 

 reason has closed, of the areas of old and new plantations ; the second during the 

 growing season, giving statements of condition of trees and plants, and prospects 

 for crops; and the third, at the close of the season, giving amounts of crops, where 

 marketed and average prices obtained. O. B. CIalusha, 



K. W. Furnas, 

 IT. E. McKay, 



Commitlee. 



S. H. Xowlin, from the Committee on Exhibitions, then made the 

 following report, which was adopted : 



Mr. President — Your Committee on Exhibitions beg leave to make the follow- 

 ing report : 



That in oi-der to render this Society of greater practical utility to the country, 

 and to stimulate an active interest in the production of superior horticultural pro- 

 bluets, we deem it essential to hold exhibitions at least once in two years; and as 

 the Southern Exposition will hold an exhibition of agricultural products in the 

 city of Louisville, Ky., beginning on the 1st of August next, and continuing one 

 hundred days, we deem it advisable to hold an exhibition of horticultural products 

 on that occasion. We think, in order to make the exhibition a success, and render 



