64 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



SECOND DAY— MOENING SESSION. 



The Society met at half past 8 o'clock pursuant to adjournment. 

 President McWhorter in the chair : Mr. Foster opened the proceed- 

 ings with prayer. 



SECRETAR.Y PRO TEM. 



At the request of the President, and in the absence of Mr. Flagg 

 who was engaged in arranging the fruit tables, 

 Mr. Earle consented to act as Secretary pro tern. 



ORDER OP BUSINESS. 



Mr. Murtfeldt, of Missouri — Moved that the peach list be passed 

 over, and that the cherry list be taken up. 



Mr. Freeman — I would like to have a new peach put in i' before it 

 is absolutely passed over. 



The President — The intention was to wait until Mr Flagg came in ; 

 not to pass it over entirely. 



The motion of Mr. Murtfeldt was then agreed to. 



NECTARINE LIST. 



Elruge — Dr. Hull — I have had considerable experience with Nec- 

 tarines, and I think Elruge and Downton ought to be the only ones 

 on our list. 



Pitmaston's Orange — Dr. Hull — That is a very beautiful thing, 

 but it does not bear sufficiently. :- 



CHERRY list. 



Belle de Choisey. — Dr. Hull — This is a beautiful thing. "We at 

 one time considered it as hardy as the Dukes ; latterly we do not. 

 It is more liable to splitting of the bark. It sheds its leaf at the sec- 

 ond growth. It sheds its bark from the juices not being elaborated. 



