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Mr. Holcombe presented the report of the committee on final resolu- 

 tions, which was adopted. 



Your committee beg leave to offer the following resolutions : 



Sesolved, That the increased attendance at this meeting evidences a zeal in the cause 

 of Horticulture which is pleasant to ourselves, and will be profitable to the State of 

 niinois; and we hope it will continue until the society shall embrace within its mem- 

 bership all the horticulturists of the State . 



Resolved, That the thanks of this society are due to the citizens of Ottawa, for their 

 kind and generous hospitality, which will be long remembered by every member of 

 this society; to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, Chicago, Burlington and 

 Quincy railroad, the Illinois Central, and Chicago, Alton and Saint Louis railroad, 

 for their liberality in returning members at reduced rates; to the retiring oflicers, for 

 their able and faithful services to the society, and especially to Hon. W. C. Flagg, 

 who as secretary of the society has so ably edited its proceedings, and contributed in 

 so many ways to the advancement of the science and art of horticulture. Thanks are 

 also due to the Chicago daily papers, and to the various horticultural papers of this 

 and adjoining States, whose reporters have diligently attenaed to spreading the doings 

 of this society before the world. 



Resolved-, That we will spare no pains, as members of the most important horticul- 

 tural society of the great west, to disseminate the principles of the elevating science of 

 horticulture. T. A. E. HOLCOMB, 



A. BRYANT, Jr., 

 iSIARK MILLER. 



Many thanks are also due to 3Iajor Taylor, clerk of the supreme court, lor the use 

 of the court room in which the session has been held. 



Mr. Brown offered the following resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved, That the interests of horticulture throughout our State demand that sys- 

 tematic and persistent efforts shall be made to extend among the masses of the people, 

 and especially in the rural districts, the knowledge of the general principles of tree and 

 fruit culture, and the means of defending trees and fruits from insect enemies and 

 common diseases. 



Resolved, That the plan of schoolhouse lectures, which has proved so eflective in 

 spreading political and other information among the people, is equally available in the 

 cause of horticulture and agriculture , and that we recommend to the members of this 

 society to secui'e the delivery of familiar lectures or talks on horticulture, at the several 

 schoolhouses in their respective neighborhoods. 



Mr. Emery submitted a report of committee on fruit packages : 



FRUIT PACKAGES. 



The;:e has been little noticeably new on the subject of fruit packages. The large 

 mass of peaches and pears from a distance have reached the Chicago market in the 

 usual slatted boxes, which are in my mind the worst possible form of package, the 



