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then put your graft on that, you will have no trouble. I find 

 that it is a simple matter of starvation to put them directly on 

 the quince. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENT'S AD- 

 DRESS. 



Your Committee, to which was referred the Address of the 

 President, would respectfully report and recommend : 



That the Annual Address of the President, at future meetings 

 of this Society, be placed upon the programme for the first day 

 of such meeting. As we regard well made points (as in the pre- 

 sent address) should be presented and discussed while the 

 attendance of members may be greatest. 



That we consider the ground taken by our President in regard 

 to the possibility of our having untested fruits in our own State, 

 "that will fulfill all the requirements" of hardy winter apples 

 for our State, as well as ideas conveyed in respect to a proper 

 exhibit of fruits at the State Fair, with the suggestions for com- 

 mittees and remedies, as good, and recommend they be favorably 

 ■considered by the Society. 



In the matter of investigation of Russian varieties of fruits, 

 we would recommend a correspondence of officers of our Society, 

 with those of the State Societies of Indiana, Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota and, if necessary, a personal conference upon the 

 subject — that in case it was found best to ask Congressional aid, 

 the matter would be in form for speedy action. 



W. H. Rag an, 

 Geo. W. E. Cook, 

 S. R. Humphrey. 



Adjourned. 



THURSDAY EVENING. 



FLOWERS AND FRUIT. 



BY PROF. T. J. BURRILL, CHAMPAIGN. 



The primary office of all flowers is the production of seed 

 through the process of fertilization. The primary office of all 

 seeds is the reproduction of plants through the process of gen- 

 eration. The primary office of all edible fruits is the dissem- 

 ination of seeds through the agency of animals. _ 



Here are three propositions which we will undertake to 

 elaborate and explain. Before, however, entering upon the 



