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Class II — H. E. VanDeman, Milo Barnard and H. M. Dunlap. 



Class IV — H. E. VanDeman, Chas. Patterson, S. G. Minkler. 



ClassV and VI — T. E. Goodrich, H. D. Brown, Benj. Buckman. 



Premiums Nos. 36 and 37— R. M. Dunlap, E. W. Graves, B, C. 

 Warfield. 



On President's Address and Secretary'' s Report — Dr. A. G. Hum- 

 phrey, H. M. Dunlap and C. N. Dennis. 



Final Resolutions — C. N. Dennis and F. I. Mann. 



Fruit Lists — Northern Illinois — S. G. Minkler, Milo Barnard, 

 Arthur Bryant. 



Central Illinois — H. D. Brown, H. M. Dunlap, Benj. Buckman. 



Southern Illinois — J. Webster, J. N. Fitch, J. S. Browne. 



Adjourned. 



TUESDAY' EVENING. 



The evening session was opened with music. Two cornets, 

 played by Messrs. E. W. Graves, of Sandwich, and F. I. Mann, of 

 Gilman, with piauo accompaniment. They were encored by the au- 

 dience which showed their appreciation of the music. 



THE ORNAMENTATION OF THE YARDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 



HOUSES. 



BY DR. RICHARD EDWARDS, SPRINGFIELD. 



If any one has come to this meeting with the expectation of 

 hearing some new reason for the cultivation of trees either in school 

 yards or elsewhere, he will be likely to be disappointed. The sub- 

 ject has been too much discussed for that. If it is true as a gen- 

 eral proposition, as holy writ declares there is nothing new under the 

 sun, it is certainly true in this particular case. In the State of Illi- 

 nois we have been reminded from the beginning of the value of trees. 

 Here we cannot plead, as is done in some localities, that the neces- 

 sity of clearing the land from forests in order to make it fit for 

 agriculture, has served to deaden within us the love of trees. From 

 the very beginning our circumstances have served to awaken within 

 us a hunger and a thirst for these beautifiers of the earth. And 



