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Woods should be preserved for their influence in regulating the temperature and 

 humidity of the atmosphere, for it is established by long-continued observations made 

 at the forestal stations of Europe that the woods are cooler in summer and warmer in 

 winter, and that they contain more moisture when compared with tracts of open lands 

 in the same regions. 



Finally, we should plant forests, were it even for their use and for the valuable 

 products they yield for our consumption in the multifarious demands of civilized life. 



FINAL RESOLUTIONS. 



The Committee on Final Resolutions presented the following report: 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Society are due and hereby tendered to the City 

 Authorities of Elgin for the use of their hall for the meetings of the Society; also, to 

 the citizens of Elgin who have so cordially entertained members of the Association ; 

 and to the proprietors of the Waverly House for reduction of rates to members. 



Resolved, That for the faithful and energetic labors of the officers of this Society 

 during the past year we tender to them our most hearty thanks. 



Resolved, That the South Park and Lincoln Park Commissions, and Edgar Sanders, 

 of Chicago, and B. O'Neil, of Elgin, for their liberal contributions of flowers and plants, 

 are entitled to the thanks of this Association. 



Resolved, That by the readiness with which the several railroads mentioned have 

 extended the courtesies of reduced rates to members of the Society we recognize their 

 appreciation of our labors to improve and beautify our land ; and we extend our thanks 

 to the officers of the following roads: Chicago & North-Western; Chicago, Rock Island 

 & Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Illinois Central and Chicago & Pacific. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are due and most heartily tendered to 

 Prof. Cyrus Thomas and Hon. James Shaw for their very entertaining and instructive 

 addresses. 



(Signed) JAMES CROW, ) 



H. D. EMERY, \ Committee. 

 A. BRYANT, JR., J 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



The Society then adjourned, to meet at Franklin Grove, at the call 

 of the President, in January, 1881. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 

 Annual Meeting for 1881. 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the Horticultural Society of 

 Northern Illinois will be held at Franklin Grove, on Tuesday, January 

 25th, and continuing three days. 



Railroads and hotels will give liberal reductions of rates ; the pro- 

 ceedings will be varied, interesting and instructive, and no pains will be 

 spared to render the meeting equal to the preceding ones in all respects. 



W. A. PRAT I\ President. 

 D. W. SCOTT, Cor. Sec'y. 



