264 TRANSACTIONS OF THE NORTHERN 



The Society proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing 



year ; the following is the result : 



S. G. MiNKLER, President. 



R. Douglass, S. Edwards, ) ,.■ -r, • -i^^^., 

 ' ' y Vice Presidents. 



L. Montague, E. H. Beebe, ) 

 D. W, Scott, Recording Secretary. 

 R. Little, H. H. McAfee, Reading Secretaries. 

 S. Woodman, Treasurer. 



The Society decided to hold its next annual meeting, January 27-30, 

 1873. Adjourned till four o'clock, P. M. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The President announced the following Committee on Printing: 

 R. Little, A. R. Whitney, H. H. McAfee, J. D. McCall, D. W. Scott. 

 On final Resolutions : S. Edwards, C. W. Richmond, T. McWhorter. 

 On motion of E. H. Beebe the following Resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary have printed five hundred copies of all 

 Resolutions passed at this session referring to Legislative Action, and that he forward 

 copies to each member of the Society, with the request that they forward the same to 

 their Senators and Representatives, urging their attention to the same. 



Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary of this Society have printed three 

 hundred copies of the Resolution passed by this Society in relation to the Industrial 

 University, and all other resolutions pertaining to legislative action. That he forward 

 a copy to each member of this Society, with the request that it be forwarded to their 

 Representatives and Senators in the General Assembly — that they may take the same 

 into consideration, and give such action as they may deem advisable. 



On motion of D. W. Scott, the Executive Committee are empowered 

 to send delegates to the National Pomological Society. 



On motion of S. Edwards, General Atkins is requested to furnish 

 the Society with a copy of his address. 



Adjourned to seven o'clock, P. M. , 



Resolved, That we request General S. D. Atkins to write out his welcoming ad- 

 dress for publication in our transactions. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Mr. H. H. McAfee read the following Essay on Floriculture, from 

 J. W. Robson of Kansas : 



PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



BY JOHN W. ROBSON, ABILENE, KANSAS. 



The love of flowers is universal. It is developed at a very early age, 

 as we have often seen in the eager eye of the child, when with nimble 

 fingers it pulls the beautiful gem to pieces. We see it in children of 



