LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, qarden 



To His Excellencij Richard J. Ogles by, Governor of Illinois: 



I consider it both an honor and pleasure, in compliance tvith legal 

 requisitions, to submit to you the accompanying Report of the State Hor- 

 ticultural Society for the year 1887. 



While it is a pleasure to those ivho have labored long and earnestly 

 for the welfare of this Society, to know that the interest in our work 

 and the demand for our Transactions is annually increasing, it is a 

 source of regret that our limited means tvill not permit us to publish 

 one-tenth of the Reports that should he distributed amofig the fruit- 

 growers and farmers of the State. 



Hoping and believing that the next General Assembly can be made 

 to understand the importance of our work, not only in its relation to 

 frtiit-growing, gardening and forest tree-planting, but also its influence 

 upon the rural homes and incidentally upon the moral and political wel- 

 fare of this great commomvealth. 



I remain very truly yours, 



A. C. HAMMOND, Secretary. 



WARS A W, Jan. 15, 1888. 



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