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TRANS ACTIOISJS OF THE CENTRAL 



2iul. Our thanks are due to the various hotels who luivc kindly entertained us at greatly reduced 



rates. 



3rd. That we as a society deeply regret that sickness has deprived us of tlie presence of our 

 venerable President, J. W. Coclirane of Blue Island, who is hereby assured of ourdeepcst sympathy 

 In his atlliction. 



4th. Our thanks are due and are hereby tendered to tlie dittcrent railroad companies for returning 

 members free or at greatly reduced rates. 



5th. That the thanks of this society are due to all of the otKcers for the efficient discharge of their 

 respective duties. 



6th. That we would praise our very active working members, especially D. Wilmot Scott our 

 secretary; also E. H. Skinner for his noble otfer of scions of valuable Russian varieties of apple to all 

 of the members, which cost him much time and labor; and to 11. H. McAfee for his valuable essay 

 and Remarks on Forest Trees, and his Illustrations in his Liguarium. 



7th. Resolved, that m'c are ever pleased to see and welcome our highly valued friend Dr. J. A. 

 Warder, and listen to his remarks on any subject pertaining to horticulture. 



8th. That we do fully appreciate the labors and counsels in our deliberations of horticulturists 

 from other States to whom we tender our sincere thanks. 



Finally, the grateful tribute of our hearts are due the Great Master of Assemblies, for his unclouded 

 smiles during our sessions. 



Dixon, January 27, 1870. D. C. SCOFIELD, Ch. 



D. B. WILE. 



E. G. MYGATT. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



18 69. PAID OUT AS FOLLOWS : 



March 19, Rec'd of L.'Woodwai-d, Treas.S 50 Ou To H. D. Emery & Co., for pub. Trans., 



April 9, " " " " ..162 50 balance due them for 1868 $50 00 



1870. To H. I). Emery & Co., tor pub. Trans. 



Jan'y 10, Rec'd of D. F. Kinney, mem- for 1869 , 150 00 



bership 2 00 



Jan'y 10, Rec'd of J. Deere, membership. 2 00 Total $200 00 



Total receipts $216 50 Balance in ray hands $16 50 



Submitted, E. H. SKINNER, Treasurer. 



STRAWBERRIES AND PEAR SEEDLINGS. 



PiTTSBUBG, Pa., January 24, 1870. 

 J. Cochrane, President Nvrthern Illinois Horticultural Society. 



DEAR Siii: I do not think of anything that I have learned experimentally worth noting, except 

 tluit the Napoleon III strawberry (I have plants to sell) , with me, is a rampant grower, a prolific und- 

 tiplier, a profuse bloomer, and enormously barren. I have thousands of plants, but never had a 

 berry. I will furnish plants to actual members of tlie society at one dollar each, which is, I think, 

 a little more than I paid for them; but as I have been to the trouble of testing them and have had no 

 berries in return, of course I must get my pay in some way. To any person not a meuiber, I will 

 furnish them at three dollars a thousand . I got my plants of Purdy . 



One otlier point 1 happen to think of. Last spring I had some pear seedlings transplanted. Part 

 of them were cultivated, and blighted. Part were not touched after they were set out, but left to 

 grow up with weeds. They were in a long row, and wherever the weeds did not grow up alDout them 

 they blighted ; but where the weeds were thick they were entirely healthy. 



Yours truly, C. C. MILLER, Marengo, Ills 



