326 ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE ORIGINAL ALTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In The Prairie Farmer for June, 1851, it is stated that " a Horti- 

 cultural Society has been organized at Alton, with the following officers." 

 With the spelling corrected, these are : 



President — David [J.] Baker. 



Vice-Presidents — G. W. Long, Lyman Trumbull, Charles Howard. 



Treasurer — Eben March [Marsh]. 



Recording Secretary — George S. [T.] Brown. 



Corresponding Secretaries — E. S. Hall [Hull], Amos [A. A.] Hilliard. 



Coimcil—^. K. Heart [B. K. Hart], N. G. Edwards, B. F. Long, 

 Edward Keating. 



Committee on Fruits and Flowers — S. Y. McMasters, Norton John- 

 son, Thomas G. Starr, E. D. Lapping [Topping] and James Chalmers. 



Committee on Ornamental Trees — James Bailache, J. W. Schwappe 

 [Schweppe], B. L. Dorsay [Dorsey], Robert Smith and John Atwood. 



Dr. Long — This is a god-send to me. I am glad to hear that. That 

 sustains me in a statement I made at the State Horticultural Society's 

 meeting at Normal, some time ago. I there said that the Alton Horti- 

 cultural Society was the oldest organization of the kind in the State. It 

 was questioned, and refused publication in The Prairie Farmer. I was 

 not prepared to follow up the assertion, for I had not the scratch of a pen 

 to sustain me. But now we have it. I am glad to get that. 



THE OCTOBER MEETING. 



The Society met* at the house of Dr. James, Upper Alton. Presi- 

 dent Starr in the chair ; E. Hollister, Secretary pro tern. Minutes of 

 previous meeting read, and amended, with regard to reported statement 

 of Dr. Long, as to our Society being the oldest in the State, etc. " The 

 State Society did not refuse to publish, and T7ie Prairie Farmer omitted 

 to do so by an oversight." 



Our Secretary, having moved away, sent his resignation, which was 

 accepted, and the following resolution, offered by Mr. H. G. McPike, 

 unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That we part with Prof. O. L. Barler, as Secretary and member of the 

 Alton Horticuhural Society, with feelings of profound regret. The best wishes of the 

 members will go with him to his new home. 



