PEOCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING, 



At Ottawa, December 14-17, 1869. 



[George Bulkley, Phonographic Repoi'ter.] 



CIRCULAR. 



Office Corresponding Secretary, ) 



Illinois State Horticultural Society, Alton, Novemher \UTi, 1869. ) 



The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Illinois State IIokticultural Society 

 will be held at the Court House in'OTTAWA, on Tuesdaj', Wednesday, Thursday and 

 Friday, December 14ch, loth, 16th and 17th, 1869, comniencing at 9 o'clock, a. m., ou 

 Tuesday. 



Delegates are cordially invited from other State and Local Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Organizations, and a general attendance of the Farmers, Fruit Growers, Nursery- 

 men, Gardeners and Florists of Illinois, is earnestly solicited. 



Contributions of Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, fe'cions. Seeds, Wines, Ciders, Horti- 

 cultural Implements, &c., «.tc., are solicited for the purpose of making a Winter 

 Exhibition. No premiums will be awarded; but all articles will be examined by 

 competent committees, antl their merits caretully reported upon. 



The Chicago, Rock Islanil and Pacific Railroad Company will furnish return tickets 

 at one-fifth fare on presentation of the Secretary's certificate to the agent at Ottawa. 

 The Chicago & Alton Railroad Company will furnish return tickets at one-fiftli fare to 

 meml)ei's presenting the Secretary's certificate to their agents at Joliet, Bloomington 

 and Normal. Tlie Illinois Central will retiu'n members paying one-fifth fare on prtssen- 

 tation of the Secretary's certificate to conductors. The Chicago, Burlington antl Quincy 

 Railroad will return free members who go over their road "via Mendota, AVyanet, or 

 Galesburg. on presentation of Secretary's certificate to conductors, but no reduction 

 will 1)0 niade in favor of parties going or returning via ('hicago. 



Persons unable to attend can become members for 1870, and receive the transactions 

 for 1869, l>y remitting two dollars to tlie Trt'asurer, Jonathan Huggius, "Woodburn, 

 Macoupin county, or to the Secretary. 



Secretaries of liOcal Ilorticultiu'al" Societies are requested to report to the Secretary 

 of this Society, a list of their oflicers, ami an abstract of their proceedings for 1869. 



Contributions to the volume of transactions for 1869 are solicited, especially from the 

 old settlers in reference to the early orchards, nurseries, &i'., of Illinois, and from those 

 who have had valuable experience with old or new methods of horticulture. 



TYLER MCWHORTER, President. 

 W. C. FLAGG, Secretary. 



riEST DAY— MOENING SESSION. 



In accordance with the call contained in the above circular, the 

 Society met in the Supreme Court, at Ottawa, Tuesday morn- 

 ing, December 14th, and were called to oi\ier by President Tyler 



