224 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



COMMITTEE ON LOCATION. 



Mr. Cochran. — Mr. President : We are often invited by different 

 members of the Society to meet at their several villages ; and, as these 

 invitations are usually given late in the session, the decision upon them is 

 so hurried that we sometimes decide upon a place where, as we afterward 

 find, the accommodations are insufficient. I move, therefore, that the 

 President appoint a committee of three members to receive and consider 

 proposals, and locate the next annual meeting of this Society. 



Mr. Minkler supported the motion, which was put to vote and 

 carried. Messrs. Cochran, Scott and Minkler were named by the Presi- 

 dent as such committee. 



The President also announced as Committee on Programme, Messrs. 

 Barler, Galusha and Whitney. This committee reported, from time to 

 time, during the Convention, programmes of work for each subsequent 

 session. 



Mr. Scott suggested that, inasmuch as the fruit lists had not been 

 revised for several years, a general revision should be made at this meet- 

 ing. 



On motion of Mr. Scott, the meeting then adjourned until five 

 o'clock in the afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION— FIRST DAY. 



The Society re-assembled at two o'clock, with several additions to 

 its membership. President Scofield delivered his annual address as 

 follows : 



president's annual address. 



Another year of busy industry, with all its hopes and fears, its disap- 

 pointments experienced and anticipations realized, has marked its record 

 on the pages of time and returned the period of our annual reunion, 

 has brought so many of us together once more to interchange our custom- 

 ary greetings and congratulations, and compare our experiences in the 

 various departments of horticultural labor in which we are severally en- 

 gaged. Although we do not live beneath the sunny skies and amidst the 

 fragrant orange groves of the South, yet I am persuaded that our homes 

 are no less attractive, and our fruits no less acceptable in their season. 



Through the untiring industry and perseverance of the early pioneers 

 on our Western prairies, the fact has been fully demonstrated that the 

 hardy fruits may be successfully cultivated in Northern Illinois. Our 

 people are already enjoying the luxuries of rich and lucious fruits the 

 greater part of the year, grown in their own orchards, under their per- 

 sonal supervision. 



