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Prof. Turner. — I once had this fever too, but recovered entirely 

 from it long ago. 



Query No. 7. — Do the Duke, Morello and Early May cherries make 

 as healthy, hardy and productive trees when worked on the Mazzard as 

 on the Morello stock ? 



Mr. Galusha. — No. They will do tolerably well when grafted 

 below the surface. 



Mr. Edwards. — I have had some success in grafting on Mazzard 

 stocks, though 1 do not claim that they are as good stocks as Mahaleb. 



A Voice. — How did you graft? 



Mr. Edwards. — At the surface, and I mulched the trees heavily for 

 protection. 



A Voice. — The Mazzard is a good stock to graft on. (Cries of No, 

 No, from different parts of the hall.) 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



The Secretary called for the President's address, which by vote was 

 made the special order for this hour. 



President Burrill then called Vice-President C. N. Dennis to the 

 chair and thus addressed the Society : 



THE MISSION, IN ILLINOIS, OF HER STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The mission of the Illinois State Horticultural Society is to my mind 

 a great and a grand one. Much has been accomplished during the quarter- 

 century of its existence, and to-day patriotic citizens thankfully acknowl- 

 edge and gratefully esteem its beneficial and benignant influences. 

 Through these influences better political laws have been enacted, and 

 important social and natural ones made known and established ; wealth 

 has been increased; our beautiful State has been adorned and glorified, 

 and above all, and better than all, the abodes of our people have been 

 made brighter and happier, more worthy of that dear name, heart- 

 treasured in every loving breast — home. 



This is the work that is to go on, this the accomplishment to be 

 completed, this the mission, full and rich as the onward march of a high- 

 honored humanity, to be fulfilled. If our Society prospers as it should, 

 fertile Illinois shall, in time to come more than now and in the past, 

 blossom as the rose, and all the trees of the forest shall clap their hands 

 in glad acclaim to the memory of those whose deeds live after them, in 

 blushing fruits and fragrant flowers, in perpetual psalms and enduring 

 tokens of love. 



We have much encouragement to press on in the good work so well 

 begun. Our material advantages are scarcely to be overestimated. Our 



