4 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



5. Report of Committee on General Horticulture, First District — 

 Jonathan Periam, Chicago. 



6. * Discussion of subjects introduced by the report. 



TUESDAY EVENING. 



1. Report of Committee on Entomology — Maj. J. R. Muhlman, 

 Woodburn, (subject, Economic Entomology and its present rank among 

 the different branches of Natural History) ; E. J. Ayers, Villa Ridge ; 

 D. B. Wier, Lacon. 



2. Lecture — Horticultural Entomology ; its Uses and Advantages as 

 a Special Science — Prof Cyrus Thomas, Stat.e Entomologist, Carbondale. 



WEDNESDAY FORENOON. *^ 



1. Report of Committee on General Horticulture, Second District — 

 Arthur Bryant, Jr., Princeton ; Third District — Prof. J. B. Turner, Jack- 

 sonville. 



2. Report of Committee on Orchard Culture — A. C. Hammond, 

 Warsaw ; O. P. Rogers, Marengo ; A. A. Hilliard, Brighton. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 



1. Discussion upon Orchard Culture, concluded. 



2. Report of the Committee on Arboriculture — Robert Douglas, 

 Waukegan ; Dr. M. M. Hooton, Centralia; Arthur Bryant, Sr., Princeton. 



3. Report of Committee on Vineyard Culture — G. C. Eisenmayer, 

 Mascoutah ; Louis Strache, Warsaw ; E. C. Hatheway, Ottawa. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



1. Report of Committee on Botany and Vegetable Physiology — 

 Prof. H. H. McAfee, Ames, Iowa; Mrs. Prof. J. V. N. Standish, Gales- 

 burg; Prof. T. J. Burrill, Champaign. 



2. Report of Committee on Floriculture — Mrs. Oscar Taylor, Free- 

 port ; Mrs. J. M. Milligan, Jacksonville. 



3. Report of Committee on Ornithology — Prof. S. A. Forbes, Nor- 

 mal ; R. J. Douglas, Waukegan. 



THURSDAY FORENOON. 



1. Election of officers for 1876. 



2. Selection of place for next annual meeting. 



3. Report of Committee on General Horticulture, Fourth District — 

 Albert Dunlap, Champaign ; Fifth District — G. L. Brunton, Centralia. 



4. Report of Committee on Vegetable Gardening — R. M. Hunt, 

 Galesburg ; O. L. Barler, Upper Alton ; H. K. Vickroy, Normal. 



* Each report will be followed l)y a discussion of its topics, unless otherwise deter- 

 mined by vote of the Society. 



