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each, while to others they cost something over one dollar. Now, if 

 we think we can give away volumes at half their cost, let us do so, 



Mr. Galusha — I shall oppose this motion. From the records of the 

 Secretary it appears that we should not be gaining our end. If we 

 vote to reduce the subscription to one dollar it will be as an act of 

 benevolence, and not as profit to the society. If by advertising the 

 book, and stating what it contains, we can not induce j)Oople to pur- 

 chase it at something like its value, so that we won't have to lose a 

 great deal in the operation, we had better let it stand as it is, and let 

 those who appreciate our enterprise get the book. 



Mr. Daggy — The question to me appears to be this : shall the State 

 donate to us for the purpose of covering the deficiency, or shall we 

 pay it ourselves ? If the treasury is in a healthy condition, and the 

 State makes this annual appropriation for our use, then we ought to 

 distribute these books. 



Mr. Hilliard — I would ask what would be the probable deficiency of 

 last year ? 



The President — There is no deficiency. 



Mr. Woodard — I was in favor of the proceedings of last year. I 

 was Treasurer of the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society, and I 

 collected, at $2 per member, between $300 and $400. We received 

 the benefit of it in the books, and my experience is that money is the 

 wheel on which we move, and if we cut ourselves short of the money 

 we lose the life and light of our meeting and of our reading matter, 

 [t strikes me we had better pay the printer, and publish to the world 

 all that we do, and be liberal enough to pay the costs. 



The question being on Mr. Wier's motion, it was declared lost. 



Mr. Wier demanded a division, when there appeared for the motion, 

 '9 ; against it, 11. 



The motion was therefore lost. 



REVISION OP THE APPLE LIST AGAIN. 



The President — The next thing in regular order is the revision of 

 the Pear and Quince lists. 



