204 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Galesburg Horticultural Society 



REPORTED BY ALBERT J. PERRY, SECRETARY. 



The past year, to the Galesburg Horticultural Society, has been one 

 of unusual pleasure and profit. The Society organized for the season by 

 electing the following officers, viz. : 



President — Prof. J. V. N. Standish. 

 Vice-President — Mrs. Capt. Fuller. 

 Treasurer — Mrs. J. V. N. Standish. 

 Secretary — Albert J. Perry. 



Executive Committee. — T. Judson Hale, Chairman; Dr. A. G. 

 Humphrey, R. W. Hunt, Mrs. Cordelia Willard, Mrs. J. V. N. Standish. 



It was thought by some of our members that the Society had nearly 

 outlived its usefulness. The various topics embraced in the object of its 

 organization had been considered, and pretty thoroughly discussed, and 

 it was felt that nothing particularly new would result from our meetings. 

 Contrary to expectation, however, our meetings have been unusually well 

 attended, and the Society may feel a just pride in the fact that greater 

 and more perceptible improvements have succeeded their efforts in that 

 behalf, than in any year previous. 



Among the subjects which have been discussed by the Society, dur- 

 ing the past year, are " The English Sparrow," " Public Parks — the Best 

 Mode of Managing Them," and " Tree Planting and Home Adornment ;" 

 and it is upon these subjects that I desire to make a report. 



We have had no experience with the English sparrow, and conse- 



