TRANSACTIONS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF CENTRAL I 



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A part of its life has been spent in public halls, but the pleasantcst 

 and most successful of its meetings have and are being held at private 

 residences. 



Taking our locality (the frigid zones of Illinois), its exhibitions (an 

 not be surpassed. 



This Society recommends for this county the following list: 



Apples — Major, Benoni, Yellow Bellflower, Jonathan, Red Astrachan, 

 Duchess of Oldenburg, Willow Twig, Soulard, Lowell, Domine, Maiden's 

 Blush, Red June, Smoke House, Ben Davis and Northern Spy. 



Crab Apples — Transparent and Soulard-Hybrid American. 



Pears — Duchess d'Angouleme and Flemish Beauty. 



Grapes — Concord, Hartford Prolific and Delaware. 



Cherries — Lieb and Richmond. 



Stra7vberries — Wilson ' s A Iban y. 



Plums — Hinkley or Miner. 



Raspberries — Philadelphia and Purple Cane. 



Gooseberries — Houghton's Seedling. 



Currants — White and Red Dutch and Black Naples. 



Horticultural Society of Central Illinois. 



This Society met, in its second annual meeting, at Quincy, on the 

 1 6th of December, 1875, '^'^ which time the following officers were 

 elected : 



OFFICERS FOR 1S76. 



President — D. B. Wier, f.acon, Marshall Co. 



Vice-President — J. W. Robison, Tremont, Tazewell Co. 

 Secretary — T. Butterworth, Quincy, Adams Co. 



Treasurer — A. G. Humphrey, Galesburg, Knox Co. 



As this meeting was held at the same time and place as that of the 

 State Society, no discussions were hel<l or papers read upon horticultural 

 subjects. A general and free discussion upon the management of the 



