STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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STANDING COMMITTEES, 1870. 



Gentlcinen on these Committees are expected to act independently , and each requested to 

 report upon his topic with reference to his particular district— Northern, Southern, or Central, 

 83 the case may be. It is believed that important facts and principles may be discovered, 

 relating to the conditions to which fruit cultui-e in Illinois must conform, by a careful study of 

 atmospheric phenomena, our soils, insects and birds, in connection with vegetable physiology 

 and the hygiene of plants. 



NORTHERN . 



James W. Tollman, 



"Winnebago . 



METEOROLOGY: 



CENTRAL. 



Wm M. Baker, 



Champaign. 



80UTHERN. 



John H. Tice, 



St. Louis, Mo. 



.(. Shaw, 



Mt. Carrol 



GEOLOGY AND SOILS: 



W. F. Bliss, 



Champaign . 



II. C. Freeman, 



South Pass . 



BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY: 



H, II. McAffee, 



Freeport . 



T. J. Burrill, 



Champaign. 



George Vasey, 



Richview . 



Wm. Le Baron, 



Geneva . 



ENTOMOLOGY: 



C. V. Riley, 



St. Louis, Mo. 



T. A. E. Ilolcomb, 



South Pass. 



Jona. Periam, 



Chatsworth . 



ORNITHOLOGY: 



G. W. Minier, 



Minier. 



.his. E. Starr, 



Alton. 



Samuel Edwards, 



La Moille. 



ORNA^lENTAL AND TIMBER TREES: 



,1. W. Fell, 



Normal . 



A. M. Brown, 



Villa Ridge, 



H. D Emery, 



Chicago. 



FRUIT PACKAGES: 



E. A. Riehl, 



Alton. 



P. i; Wright, 



South Pass. 



TESTING NEW i'ARIFTIES: 



I. .1. W. Cochran, Blue Island. 4. M. L. Dunlap, Champaign. 



•i,. Samuel Edwards, Mendota. 5. B. Pulleu, Centralia. 



3. D. B. "Wier, Lacon. 6. H. ,J. Hyde, Godfrey. 



7. PR, \v right, South Pass. 



AD INTERIM: 



.1. W. Cochran,. 



Blue Island. 



D. B. Wier, 



Lacon . 



Parker Earle, 



South Pass 



