"300 TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



.Twenty-Second annual meeting 



OF THE 



Horticultural Society of northern Illinois. 



The twenty-second annual meeting of the Horticultural Society 

 •of Northern Illinois convened in the A. O. U. W. Hall, at Sand- 

 wich, Wednesday, January 8th, at 10 o'clock, with President 

 Bryant in the chair. 



The meeting was opened by prayer offered by Rev. D. B. Spen- 

 cer, after which an adjournment was taken until 2 o'clock, the 

 intervening time being spent in a social way. 



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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 



Promptly at 2 o'clock the President called the meeting to order 

 and introduced Dr. G. H. Robertson, who delivered the follow- 

 ing address of welcome : 



DR. ROBERTSON'S ADDRESS. 

 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



The pleasant duty has been imposed on me to extend to the 

 members of your Society in behalf of our people a cordial wel- 

 come. It is a courteous ceremony rendered necessary by long 

 usage on such occasions, yet I am confident you will feel assured of 

 your hospitable reception without this formal proffer of our good 

 will. Our little town is somewhat boastful of its hospitality, and 

 may sometimes, in its ambition, forget its limitations. It has 

 welcomed conventions, societies and organizations of various 

 sorts, and of both sexes, and acquitted itself with credit, at least 



