STATE HOBTICOLTUKAL SOCIETY. 237 



CLOSING REMARKS AND FINAL RESOLUTIONS. 



President Burrill, in a few appropriate words, thanked the members 

 of the Society for the courtesy and unexceptionable kindness towards each 

 other and towards himself during the meeting which was about to close. 



At the suggestion of President Hewitt the flowers upon the tables 

 were donated to an invalid lady in the city, who, he said, had been a long 

 time ill and was passionately fond of flowers. 



The flowers were by vote placed in his hands for this purpose. 



J. W. Ridings, from the Committee on Final Resolutions, handed 

 the following report to the Secretary, which he read : 



To the Illinois State Horticultural Society : 



Your Committee on Final Resolutions would respectfully submit the 

 following report : 



I St. Resolved. That the thanks of this Society are due the Toledo, 

 Peoria & Warsaw; the Chicago & Alton; the Illinois Central, and the 

 Indiana, Bloomington & Western railroad companies for the reduced rates 

 granted members of this Society to enable them to attend its meetings, 

 thereby showing their appreciation of the work in which we are engaged. 



2d. That the thanks of this Society are due and are hereby heartily 

 tendered to the Faculty of the State Normal University, for their kind- 

 ness in granting us the facilities necessary to our comfort and convenience 

 in holding our meetings, and especially to President Hewitt for his most 

 cordial greeting extended to the members of this Society ; also to Prof. 

 Forbes, for his kindness in showing and explaining to visiting members 

 the collections in the Natural History department of the institution. 



3d. That we hereby cordially tender our thanks to the donors of the 

 beautiful flowers and decorations presented to the Society, and to the 

 citizens of Normal for their kindness and hospitality; also to the pro- 

 prietors of hotels in Normal and Bloomington, for the reduced rates 

 granted to the members and visitors of the Society. 



4th. That we heartily thank the retiring officers of the Society for 

 their courtesy, and the efficient manner in which they have discharged 

 their duties. 



5th. That we recognize with pleasure the attendance of so large a 

 number of delegates from sister societies, and would recommend the 

 appointment by the Executive Board of delegates to attend so many of 

 the meetings of other State societies as are to be held this winter. 



Your Committee would urge upon all members who may be chosen 

 or appointed to report from their respective counties the necessity of 

 faithfully performing their duties, that we may have a full and complete 

 report from the entire State at our next meeting. 



H. D. EMERY, 



J. W. RIDINGS, \ Committee. 



J. WEBSTER, 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



