TRANSACTIONS 



Illinois State Horticultural Society 



IFOi^ 187S, 



I! E 1 N G THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



HELD AT 



CENTRALIA, DECEMBER ioih, iith, i2th and 13TH. 

 EDITED BY THE SECRETARY; 



ALSO 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



NORTHERN ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PREPARED BY A "PUBLISHING COMMITTEE" OF THAT SOCIETY ; 



— ALSO — 



REPORTS FROM LOCAL SOCIETIES, FRUIT LISTV-^fl 



New Series— Vol.. VI. ^^\^^ ^ 'vj^ 



CHICAGO : 

 PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. 

 READE, BREWSTER & CO., PRINTERS. 

 1873. 



