348 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The discussion was here arrested by the announcement from the 

 President that the Treasurer was ready to report, and the Society would 

 listen to it. 



Mr. Woodard presented the following : 



TREASURER'S REPORT 



L. Woodard, Treasurer, in account with the Horticultural Society of 



Northern Illinois. 



Dr. Cr. 



Jan. 26,1875, To Balance of old account $21.01 



" 28, " " 59 Memberships, Mt. Carroll 5900 



" 6 Subsequent Memberships......... 6.00 



" 28, " By D. W. Scott, per bill $ 9-5o 



" 28, " " J. Hallett, per bill 8.95 



" 28, " " Blank Book ■ 0.35 



Feb. I, " " Postage Stamps 2.00 



Mar. 30, " " O. B. Galusha, per Bill 30.00 



Jan. 25,1876, " Balance on hand SS'^i 



^86.01 ^86.01 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. WOODARD, Treas. 

 Marengo, III., January 25, 1876. 



L. K. ScoFiELD was, by vote of the Society, chosen a comjpiittee to 

 examine the account and vouchers of the Treasurer, and report upon it. 



Mr. Scott, from Committee on Programme, reported tl)e order of 

 exercises for to-morrow morning. 



DISCUSSION RESUMED— CODLING-WORM. 



Dr. Mygatt — The essayist says that he does not know why the 

 codling-moths were scarce last year. I examined the bark of the trees in 

 March, and found that the larvae in the crevices were all dead — black and 

 soft — and, I learn, the same was observed in Michigan, and at Warsaw in 

 this State. Probably the severe cold of last winter killed them. 



Mr. Wier — Probably they were killed by parasites, and not by the 

 cold, as I have never known cold weather to kill them. 



Prof. Thomas — I think they were destroyed by some parasite, 

 probably by an internal parasite. As a general rule, when we find such 

 larvae dead, we may infer that parasites were the destroyers. I think it 



