264 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Jacksonville Horticultural Socikty 



OFFICERS FOR 1876. 



President — Judge E. Scott, Jacksonville. 

 Vice-President — B. H. Chapman, " 

 Cor, Sec'y—\)v^. H. W. Milligan, " 

 Rec. Sec'y—K. L. Hay, 

 Treasurer — Miss M. Catlin, " 



TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1875, 



PREPARED BY A. L. HAY, SECRETARY. 



During the year just passed this Society has held meetings monthly, 

 at which the different branches of horticulture have been discussed with 

 interest and profit to its members. 



The proceedings have been published by the press, and well dis- 

 tributed throughout the county, and the result may be seen in an in- 

 creased planting of fruit, shade and ornamental trees and shrubs, a more 

 careful selection of varieties, and more thorough cultivation. 



The Society's library is gradually increasing, and at present contains 

 about two hundred volumes of the most reliable horticultural and agri- 

 cultural literature in the land. 



Since the organization of the free reading-room, the Society has 

 subscribed for a number of the leading horticultural publications, which. 



