PROCEEDINGS 



OF TUE 



KANKAKEE VALLEY 



Horticultural Society, 



FOR THE YEAR 1883. 

 Reported for publication by Len. Small, Secretary. 



FEBRUARY MEETING.* 



The Society held its monthly meeting Saturday afternoon, Feb- 

 ruary 10, in the Supervisor's room, Kankakee. President Milo Bar- 

 nard in the chair. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved. 



H. S. Bloom reported for the committee to select subjects for 

 discussion during the year, as follovi^s: 



February — Pruning. 



March — Best varieties of Fruit to Plant. 



April — Variety of Vegetables; Forestry. 



May — Floricultural. 



June — Strawberries. 



August — 'How shall we prevent our boys from leaving the farm ? 



September — Injurious Insects; Blights; Diseases of Plants. 



October — Harvesting and storing Fruits and Vegetables. 



November — Review of the Year's work. 



December — Annual Meeting; Election of Officers. 



Query Box always open. Questions from those living at a dis- 

 tance may be mailed to tbe secretary. 



Written communications concerning horticultural improvement 

 solicited from each town and neighborhood. 



Mr. Henry Mortimer, Committee on Orchards, read an excellent 

 report. 



^ The proceedings of the Jannarj' Meeting, together with the names of oflScers and com- 

 mittees for 1883, are printed in Volume XVI, pages 362 369. 



