C N T E N T S 



Introductory v 



I. Ollicers ;uul Committees, 1870 Ti 



II. Members for 1870 ix 



III . Constitution and By-Laws xi 



IV. Law.s affecting Horticulture xii 



V. Pomological Ilules, etc XV 



VI . Horticultural Districts xvi 



VII . Proceedings of Executive Committee xvii 



VIII . Proceedings of Annual Meeting I 



IX. Reports, etc 23'i 



X . Horticultural History 237 



XI . Correspondence 245 



XII . Transactions of the Northern Illinois Society 249 



XIII . Transactions of tlie Central Illinois Society 303 



XIV . Transactions of other Societies 337 



APPKNDI.X. 



XV . Fruit Lists 1-25 



XVI. Index 27-30 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Portrait of Benj . D . Walsh Frontispiece. 



Plum Curculio 83 



Curculio Catcher of I)r . Hull 80 



Wood Cell 99 



Blight Cells 100 



<jraft Growths lOG 



CNI 



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