TRANSACTIONS OF GALESBURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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Galesburg Horticultural Society. 



Reported by W. A. Ryan, Secretary. 



MARCH MEETING, 1879. 



The annual meeting of the Horticultural Society was held at Brown's 

 Hotel parlors, Tuesday evening, March 4, 1879. The minutes of the last 

 meeting being read and approved, President Standish announced the 

 first business in order to be the election of officers for the ensuing year, 

 and suggested the appointment of a committee on nominations. A 

 motion by Mr. Hale to that effect was carried, and the President 

 appointed as such committee Messrs. Hale, Mars and Humphrey. 



Pending action on the report of the committee, Mr. W. A. Ryan 

 was elected a member of the Society. On the final recommendations of 

 the committee the following persons were unanimously elected to their 

 respective offices : 



President — Judge G. C. Lanphere. 

 Vice-President— yix'i. T. J. Hale. 

 Secretary — W. A. Ryan. 

 Treasurer — Mrs. J. V. N. Standish. 



Executive Committee — Dr. A. G. Humphrey, Mrs. J. V. N. Standish, 

 T. J. Hale, R. W. Hunt, G, V. Dieterich. 



On motion of Mr. Hale the thanks of the Society were extended to 

 Prof. Standish and Mr. Perry, the outgoing President and Secretary, for 

 the highly satisfactory manner in which they had discharged the duties 

 of their respective offices. 



President Lanphere, having taken the chair, spoke encouragingly of 

 the future of the Society. He stated the subject for discussion : "The 

 effect, if any, of vegetable and forest growth, or human agency, upon 

 rainfall," and called upon Prof. Standish. The Professor stated that he 



