ILLINOIS HORTICLTLTUR.VL SOCIETY. 



J03 



L. Woodard, Treasurer, in account u iih Nortlicrn Illinois Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



1872. Dr. 



Jan'v 25, To cash, D. B. VV^ier, Advance on Fransac's, ^ 5.00 



" '* " Received on Memberships, - 107.00=$! 12.00 



187?. Cr. 



Jan'y 25, By balance on old account, - - - $1 2.72 



" " "' Paid D. W. Scott, per bill, - - 25.50 



" '■ " C. N. Whitney & Co., printing, [ler bill, 11.00 



Mar. 8, " Ex. charges for Stationery and Postage, 2.50 



June 18, ' O. B. Galusha, for Transactions, - 70.00 



" " " E.Kchange on Draft, - - - - .25 



" Balance, - _ . _ - .03=^112.00 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. Woodard, Treasurer. 



The President then proceeded to call for the reports of standing 

 committees, but as only a few of them were present and none of them 

 prepared to report, that portion of the business was deferred. 



On motion of L. K. Scofield, the evening sessions of the Society 

 commence at seven o'clock. 



On motion it was resolved, that Mr. H. H. McAfee be added to the 

 business committee, and that said committee be continued as the perma- 

 nent business committee for this meeting, and that they issue a pro- 

 gramme for each day without further orders from the Society. 



Mr. Pells Manny, of Freeport, presented a paper on the Culture of 



the Grape, as follows : 



THE GRAPE. 



Being unable to participate in your proceedings, I present a sketch 

 of m\- exjieriments in grape culture. 



1 have about seven thousand vines planted, including thirty differ- 

 ent varieties; Clintons, Concords, Perkins, Ives Seedling, Telegraphs, 

 Rogers four, fifteen, and nineteen, have ]jroved about equally healthy, 

 hardy, and productive ; but several of our choicest varieties do not suc- 

 ceed well on my grounds. Martha, pAunelan, Walter, and Croton have 

 made feeble growth as yet. Salems, lona, and Delaware, the same, but 

 their fruit being of e.\cellent quality. 1 tried the experiments of graft- 

 ing them, with good success. 1 grafted mo.'it of them during winter, on 

 Clinton roots, taken up in fall for the purpose, and to ascertain the best 

 time for the operation 1 set a few grafts every two weeks on growing 

 vines, up to July 20th. Not more than ten per cent, failed to grow that 

 were set previous to June 20th; after that, they did not take so well. 

 They have all made strong, healthy vines, most of them bore fruit last 



