LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR. 



To his Excellency, Richard J. Oglesby, Governor of Illinois: 



1 have the honor to present you hereivith the Twentieth Annual 

 Volume of the Transactions of the Illinois State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, hoping that its perusal will demonstrate that its of airs have 

 been manac/ed with strict economy, and the special icork for u^hich it 

 was organized urged forward with energy. 



It is a i)leasure to he able to report a rapidly increasing interest 

 in our Annual Meetings, as well as in our general icork, and an 

 urgent demand for our Transactions. If the present General Assem- 

 bly, in their wisdom, grants us an increased appropriation — for 

 ■which tve have asked — which your Excellency kindly recommended^ 

 ive shall largely increase the number of our volumes, and do all that 

 our means loill allow in the line of experimentation and various other 

 branches of ivork that tvill, we believe, greatly advance the health and 

 happiness of our people. 



Very truly yours, 



A. C. HAMMOND, Secretary. 



WARSAW, January SO, 1887. 



