ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Gentlemen named on these committees are requested to investigate and report 

 independently, not only such facts as directly aft'ect or are intimately connected with 

 horticultural operations, but also all conditions and circumstances which are related to, 

 have an influence upon or explain existing facts bearing upon horticulture, with a view 

 to arrive at intelligent comprehensions of causes and effects in all departments of scientific 

 and practical horticulture. 



GEOLOGY. 



Prof. A. H. Worthen, Springfield; Tyler McWhorter, Aledo; Prof. Charles Fair- 

 man, Alton. 



BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 



Prof. T. J. Burrill, Champaign ; D. B. Wier, Lacon ; Ophelia Higgins. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 

 Cyrus Thomas, Carbondale; C. V. Riley, St. Louis; D. B. Wier, Lacon. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 

 Prof. S. A. Forbes, Normal; C. W, Douglas, Waukegan; James E. Starr, Elsah. 



ARBORICUL TURE. 

 Prof. J. E. Stewart, Samuel Edwards, Arthur Bryant, Sen. 



FLORICULTURE. 

 Prof. J. V. N. Standish, Galesburg; G. W. Tindall, Upper Alton; Mrs. T. A. 

 E. Holcolm, Cobden. 



VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



Dr. B. F. Long, Alton ; Jonathan Periam, Chicago ; H. K. Vickroy, Normal. 



ORCHARD CULTURE. 

 George Hilliard, Brighton; Abner Dunlap, Champaign; W. T. Nelson, Wil- 

 mington. 



VINEYARD CULTURE. 



T. J. Hale, Galesburg; James Crow, Crystal Lake; Fred. Hayden, Alton. 



BERRY CULTURE. 

 B. F. Draper, Upper Alton; R. M. Hunt, Galesburg; C. N. Dennis, Hamilton. 



UTILIZING OF FRUITS. 

 Thos. S. Leslie, Ipava ; D. F. Kinney, Rock Island; A. M. Brown, Villa Ridge. 



METEOROLOGY. 

 Prof. J. B.Turner, Jacksonville; Prof. John H. Tice, St. Louis, Mo.; PL H. 

 McAfee, Freeport. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 

 Dr. J. M. Gregory, Champaign; T. J. Hale, M. D., Galesburg; Hon. J. M. 

 Pearson, Godfrey. 



FA RMERS' HOR TICUL TURE. 



Tyler McWhorter, Aledo ; O. L. Barler, Hinsdale ; J. T. Johnson, Warsaw. 



