Report To The Governor. 



To His Excellency, Hon. Joseph W. Fifer, Governor of Illinois : 



In compliance with legal requisition, I herewith hand you the 

 Twenty-third Volume of Transactions of the Illinois /State Horti- 

 cultural Society. We sincerely hope that a careful examination 

 of its contents will convince you that ice have, during the year, 

 made a marked advance. 



The last Legislature {very wisely as we think) granted us an 

 increased appropriation, §1,000 of which was to he expended in 

 horticultural experiments. Although the bill was not passed till the 

 middle of May, the work, as rvill be seen by the report herewith 

 published, is well begun, and if properly prosecuted, will be worth 

 millions of dollars to the farmers of Illinois. 



We have also doubled the number of copies of Transactions 

 heretofore published, and these books will go into the hands of men 

 icho will appreciate and profit by them, and ice are confident, that 

 the good accomplished will many times pay the cost of publication. 



Very respectfully yours, 



A. C. HAMMOND, Secretary. 



WARS A W, Jan. 24, 1S90. 



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