348 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Stand still, as that is not the law of nature; movement is the law, and we 

 shall be governed by it ; therefore, 



Resolved, That we will, as members of this Society, improve ourselves and the com- 

 munity in which we live, each one endeavoring to better understand how plants grow, 

 and what our soil especially needs to produce the greatest amount of a given crop to the 

 acre. Let us have special committees to experiment upon all the crops which we pro- 

 duce. And, above all, let us this year fully test the theory of girdling non-bearing fruit- 

 trees, for if it be a fact that such mutilation produces abundant crops, I want to say to 

 my man : you can run over that tree and bruise it all you can; it will only do it good, 

 and result in abundant crops. 



Resolved, That we will, at the next State Horticultural meeting at Warsaw, make 

 the finest display of fruits, vegetables and grains ever seen in the State of Illinois, and 

 we will keep in a solution, for that purpose, all the fruits of the season ; and let each 

 member of this Society say that he will make such meeting a grand success, and it can 

 and will be done. 



Let every member say, I will this year plant trees for profit, for protection and for 

 ornamentation, and will surely provide my family with the best the earth can be made 

 to produce. 



Wm. N. Grover, Esq., expressed great gratification at the evidence 

 before us of the standing and high mission of the Society, and hoped 

 that in our annual floral display in May or June, 1880, to be held in 

 Warsaw, we should certainly eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted 

 by the Society. He felt confident that our lady friends, thus apprised in 

 time, would make this one of the grandest shows ever held in the State. 



Messrs. Laisle, Brown and Johnson reported the following list of 

 fruit on exhibition — By A. C. Hammond: Golden Russet, Grimes', Peck's 

 Pleasant, Northern Spy, Wythe. By W. H. Jackson: Rome Beauty, 

 Winesap. From S. G. Minkler, of Oswego : Fine Cayuga Red Streak. 

 By E. C. Hatheway, of LaSalle county, New seedling, " Salome." By 

 the Secretary : Winesap, Ben Davis, Janet and Bailey Sweet. 



Committee consisting of Messrs. Hammond, J. S. Johnson, Brown, 

 Hoppe and J. T. Johnson was appointed on programme for the year. 

 Messrs. Dennis, Laisle and Hilton were appointed a committee to confer 

 with State Society of Iowa. 



Resolution by William N. Grover : 



Whereas, This society has now struggled through fifteen years of existence, 

 subject to all the varying fortunes usually attending similar enterprises, sometimes pros- 

 pering and sometimes not, but always firmly supported and sustained by a few earnest 

 friends, and is now in its roll of membership and financial condition stronger than ever 

 before, and more firmly established than ever in the good opinion of the public, both 

 at home and abroad; and whereas, we know that these results are in a very large 

 degree owing to the earnest, intelligent and persistent labors of our President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary and Treasurer, in the performance of their respective duties, which 

 we wish duly to acknowledge ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be extended to Messrs. A. C. Ham- 

 mond, President; J. L. Piggott, Vice-President ; Jas. T. Johnson, Secretary, and C. C. 

 Hoppe, Treasurer, for their faithful and efficient services during the past year, and that 

 this preamble and resolution be published with the proceedings of the Society. 



Adjourned to third Wednesday in January. 



