PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



TWEXTY-FOURTH AnNUAL MeETING 



OF THE 



ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



HELD AT 



Normal, December 9, 10, n, 1879 



The Illinois State Horticultural Society met, pursuant to adjourn- 

 ment, to hold its twenty-fourth annual meeting, in the Philadelphian Hall 

 of the State Normal University, at Normal, McLean county, December 

 9, 1879, ^t ten o'clock A. M. 



The President of the Society, Prof. T. J. Burkill, of Champaign, 

 presided. 



The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. A. Ethridge, of 

 the Congregational church of Normal. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



E. C. Hewitt, LL. D., President of the State Normal University, in 

 behalf of the citizens of Normal, welcomed the Society in the following 

 words : 



Mr. President ami Geniiemen of the State Horticulturai Society: 



It is a fortunate thing for us when duty and inclination point in the 

 same direction. I am in that happy condition this morning. I am 



