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Mr. Flagg — I move that the matter be referred to the Executive 

 Committee, with instructions to report after dinner. 

 The motion was unanimous!}^ adopted. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 

 Mr. Huggins, the Treasurer, then presented and read his annual report. 



STATEMENT OF TREASURER OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIBTT. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance in hand per statement of account, Dec. 15th, 1868 $1,512.52 



Membership, fees for 1868-1869 (J. Huggihs received $135, W. C. F. $80.25) .... 215.25 

 Donations from the State for 1869 2,000.00 



Whole total. $3,727.77 



EXPE^^DITURES. 



Cash paid as follows : 



Dec. 16th, 1868— M. L. Dunlap, on order of the President .$ 6.50 



Dec. 17th, 1868—0. B. Galusha, on order of the President 24.50 



" " " —B. S. Hull, on order of the President 147.70 



Dec. 19th, 1868 — W. C. Flaa:g-, on order of the President 174.35 



Jan. 24th, 1869 — W. C. Flagg. on order of tlie President 15.00 



April 5th, 1869 — E. S. HuD, on order of the President 250.00 



May 15th, 1869 — On vote of the Society, B. L. Kingsbury 41.75 



' ■ " " _ On vote of the Society, J. A. Warder 25.00 



Aug. 10th, 1869 — Prairie Farmer Co., Chicago, on order of President 1,369.39 

 Oct. 19th, 1869 — E. S. Hull, on order of President 500.00 



Whole amount paid. $2,553.19 — $2553.19 



Leaving in the Treasmy the sum of -$1,174.58 



JONA. HUGGINS, Treasurer. 



Ottawa, December 14, 1869. 



Mr. A. Bryant moved that the report be accepted. Carried. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Mr. McWhortei'; the President, then addressed the meeting as 

 follows : 



Friends of ike Illinois State Horticultural Society : 



Most cordially I gi'eet you all, and congratulate you that we are again convened to 

 enjoy that reciprocal good feeling by which horticultural gatherings are so much char- 

 acterized. And I trust there will be no abatement in our zeal in in-\'estigating those 

 interesting subjects, so intimately related to the higher advancement of our ci-\alization, 

 the improvement of oiu- landscapes, the charms of rural life— in short, to our whole 

 domestic prosperity. 



It is with much diffidence that I assume the position to which you have elected me— 

 a position which was to me quite unexpected, and I will add, unsought. If I fail to 



