PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



JO DAVIESS COUNTY 



Horticultural Society, 



FOR THE YEAR 1883. 



Reported for publication by MRS. DR. S. C. HARRIS, Secretary. 



JANUARY MEETING. 



The January meeting was held at Mrs. J. G. Baker's. 

 Officers for the year were elected as follows: 



President — Timothy Hallett. 



Vice-President — W. T. Crummer. 



Secretary — Sarah C. Harris. 



Provisional Secretary — Mrs. Geo. S. Avery. 



Chairmen of hureaus as follows: Of Arboriculture, Lawns and 

 Ornithology, T. Hallett; of Culinary Vegetables, Fred. Chetlain; of 

 Floriculture, Mrs. H. P. Corwith; of Fruits (orchards, small fruits 

 and vineyards), W. F. Crummer; of Botany, Vegetable Physiology 

 and Entomology, S. C. Harris; of Canning, Preserving, Pickling and 

 Storing Fruits, Mrs. W. F. Crummer. 



Discussion on Arboriculture being in order, the chairman of the 

 bureau presented the following question, which had been submitted 

 to him for answer, viz : " It is a well-known fact that when the prairie 

 fires ceased to devastate annually the vegetation of our river hills 

 and bluffs, a fine growth of oak, hickory and poplar timber very soon 

 covered said bluffs. Whence came the seeds from which these trees 

 grew? "' 



