146 American Horticultural Society. 



Your cotutuittee reijuest the privilege of reporiing as follows: We have ex- 

 amined the Secretary's an<l Treasurer's reports, and find them to he correct. We 

 also find that an al!r)\vanre of SoOO was made to the Secretary at tiie last New Or- 

 leans meeting, of which $;i2(J.88 has not l)een paid. We also find that the Society 

 owes to Treasurer Kvans the sum of S'J(M), money advanced hy him some three to 

 four years since for the purpose of piildishing Volume II of our reports. Your 

 committee would rccomiufud that liotli of these amounts he paid from the money 

 now in the hands of the Treasurer. J. M. .S.MiTit, 



N. Ohmer, 

 Frank Hoi-sinoer. 



Tlie Committee on Order of Business reported, recommending 

 the hours of meeting to be 9 a. >r.,aMd "2 and 7 :'M) v. m., wliich was 

 adopted. 



An invitation from the citizens' committee to take a carriage 

 drive through the city and suburbs was acce|)ted, and the hour fixed 

 for 9 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. 



LETTERS AND INVITATIONS RECEIVED. 



President Earle, of Illinois — Since our meeting at San Jose a 

 number of letters and invitations have been received. These give 

 ailditional evidence of the high esteem in which our Society is held. 

 The fir-t I will read is a series of resolutions from Phtenix, 



Arizona : 



Pii.KNix, A. T., Fehurary 3, 1888. 

 To the President and Members of the America)! lIoticidtnr(U A.^^soriatinn, Riveiside, Od. •' 



WiiEKKAS, The members of the Maricopa County Immigration Union and 

 citizens of Salt River Valley, Arizona, are deeply interested in the development of 

 the horticultural resources of the country, for which you are laboring so earnestly 

 anil believe the grand possibilities of Central Arizona in this field, are, as yet, 

 hardly realized in the present fruit centers, and, 



Whereas, The Salt Kiver Valley, covering an area of 400,000 acres, owing to 

 its cheap and fertile land, which is esjiecially adapted to fruit, wine and raisin 

 production, ami in addition having the advantages of an ai>undant water supply, 

 mild climate, near markets, a total absence of tree and vine pests, and maturing 

 fruit three weeks earlier than California, aflbrds perfect conditions and unrivalled 

 advantages to the scientific horticulturist, and 



Whereas, Horticulture in the valley having long passed the experimental 

 stage, it is desired to call your aliention to this p;irl of the territory as the future 

 fruit and vineyard district of the west, therefore, be it 



R-snlred, That the Imigration Union and citizens of Maricopa county extend 

 you a cordial invitation to visit .*^alt Kivir Valley and make examination of its 

 resources and attractions, and assure you of a pleasint reception by our people, 

 r. .1. Trask, President Maricopa County Immiffralion Union. 



L. M. Lemok, Secretary. 



