VI ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Gentlemen named on these committees are requested to investigate and report 

 independently, not only such facts as directly affect or are intimately connected with 

 horticultural operations, but also all conditions and circumstances which are related to, 

 have an influence upon or explain existing facts bearing upon horticulture, with a view 

 to arrive at intelligent apprehensions of causes and effects in all departments of scientific 

 and practical horticulture. 



GEOLOGY. 



T. McWhorter, Aledo; Prof. A. H. Worthen, Springfield; H. C. Freeman, Cobden. 



BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 

 Mrs. P. V. Hatheway, Damascus; Mrs. J. J. Taylor, Warsaw; Prof. T. J- Burrill, 

 Champaign. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Prof. Cyrus Thomas, Carbondale; D. B. Wier, Lacon; Prof. C. V. Riley, St. 



Louis. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Prof. S. A. Forbes, Normal; C. W. Douglas, Waukegan ; Prof. J. W. Yelie, 



Chicago. 



ARBORICUL TURE. 



Samuel Edwards, Mendota; Robert Douglas, Waukegan; Prof. J. F. Stewart, 

 Peoria. 



FLORICULTURE. 



Thomas Franks, Champaign ; Mrs. H. V. N. Standish, Galesburg ; Tyra Mont- 

 gomery, Mattoon. 



VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



E. C. Hatheway, Ottawa; H. K. Vickri.'y, Normal ; Capt. E. Hollister, Alton. 



ORCHARD CULTURE. 

 S. G. Minkler, Oswego; B. Whitaker, Warsaw; Jona. Huggins, Woodburn. 



VINEYARD CULTURE. 

 J. E. Starr, Elsah ; Robert Rankin, Payson ; O. L. Barler, Upper Alton. 



BERRY CULTURE. 

 L. Bancroft, Pontiac; Thf)s. H. Leslie, Ipava ; Paiker Earle, Cobden. 



UTILIZING AND MARKETING FRUITS. 

 W. T. Nelson, Wilmington; Dr. B. F. Long, Alton; J. Bonham, Carbondale. 



METEOROLOGY. 

 Prof. J. B. Turner, Jacksonville ; Prof J. H. Tice, St. Louis ; Prof. Gove Wright, 

 Rock Falls. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 

 Dr. J. M. Gregory, Champaign; Dr. A. G. Humphrey, Galesburg ; Hon. J. M. 

 Pearson, Godfrey. 



FA RMERS' HOR TICUL TURE. 



This committee is created to meet an obvious want. Its object will be to 

 demonstrate to farmers — on small as well as large farms — how they may increase the 

 value of their farms, and promote the health and comfort of themselves and their families 

 by cultivating orchards, gardens, ornamental trees, etc. 



Jonathan Periam, Chicago; Marion Vernon, Millersburg; Hon. A. M. Brown, 

 Villa Ridge ; Burden Pullen, Centralia ; L. C. Francis, Springfield. 



