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vallp:y horticultural society. 28-5 



T. (J. Ditkiiison — The Turner should be planted where it can 

 be controlled. 



President iiaraard -The Turner ha.s never bothered me. The 

 sprouts are as easy to kill as weeds, but where we confine them to 

 rows and keep the sprouts all cut off. we must renew the plants 

 often. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Len. Small moveil that the amounts offered iu prenimms tor 

 strawberries and flowers at the June meeting be limited to §15 and 

 $10 respectiveh'. Adopted. 



It was moved and carried that fifty co})ies of the [)rinted trans- 

 actions be distributed among the members at each meeting, and that 

 the remaining four hundred and fifty be reserved until the end of 

 the year. 



It was moved and carried that Messrs. Bloom, Cunningham and 

 Barnard act as a committee to prepare the premium list on straw- 

 berries. 



Arrangement of the premiums on flowers was referred to the 

 Flower Committee. 



The Secretary was instructed to announce that the next meet- 

 ing will be a basket picnic. 



The following committees were elected for next meeting: 



To provide Tables and Seats — D. E. Barnard and H. Peters. 



Arranr/emenf of Tables — Miss Nellie Peters, Mrs. Izetta Dole, 

 and Mrs. B. G. Lee. 



John S. Hixson joined the Society. 



Adjourned. 



MAY MEETING. 



The Society held its May meeting at tiie jileasant residence and 

 grounds of Mr. Milo Peters, Manteno, May 12, 1883. The attend- 

 ance was good, notwithstanding many members living in distant 

 parts of the county were kept at home by the pressure of spring 

 work. 



