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On motion of D. W. Scott, the following Resolution was unani- 

 mously adopted : 



Whereas, By the invitation of the management of the Freeport Beet Sugar 

 Factory, this Society has had the pleasure of witnessing, this day, the operations and 

 machinery in the manufacture of Beet Sugar. Therefore, 



Rt'soh'cd, That the congratulations of this Society are due to our esteemed fellow 

 member, Chas. H. Rosentiel, on the first successful manufacture of Beet Sugar in 

 this State, and also on the opening up of a new industry which promises in the not 

 distant future, the profitable employment of surplus labor and capital, and a large 

 increase of the material resources and wealth of the state, which result is mainly due 

 to his perseverance and ability. 



Adjourned. 



FRIDAY MORNING. 



Meeting called to order by S. G. Minkler, President. 



Prayer by S. Edwards. 



Mr. W. a. House, of Rock Island, presented the following com- 

 munication from the Iowa State Horticultural Society, and ten copies 

 of their transactions. 



Davenport, Iowa, January 22, 1873. 

 To The Norther7i Illinois Horticultural Society : 



Congratulating you on your sacrificing home comforts to attend to 

 the public interests of Horticulture, it is our pleasure to be engaged 

 in so laudable a work. Our numbers at this meeting are few but earnest. 

 We delegate the bearer, Mr. W. A. House, to report the rest. Send- 

 ing our friendship and good wishes for your success, we regret very 

 much that our meetings occur the same week. Let us avoid it hereafter. 

 The law of our state fixes our time the third Tuesday in, January. 



We send you ten copies of oar last report, eighteen hundred and 

 seventy-one and two. Shall be glad to receive yours. 

 Hastily, without order of our Society, 



f remain yours, 



Samuel Foster. 

 Treasurer of loiva State Horticultural Society. 



On motion of S. Edwards, the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That we cordially reciprocate the kindly greeting ot the Iowa State 

 Horticultural Society, and are glad to change the time of our annual meeting, to 

 enable us to enjoy, as heretofore, the presence of many of the zealous practical men of 

 Iowa. 



The President announced the following 



STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1873-4. 



Orchards and Vineyards: O. B. Galusha, Morris; M. B. Spafford, 

 Dixon; A. Bryant, Jr., Princeton. 



Timber and Ornamental Trees: L. K. Scofield, Freeport; Dr. A. 

 G. Humphey, Galesburg; R. J. Douglas, Waukegan. 



Floriculture: James S. McCall, Freeport; Mrs. S. C. Harris, 

 Galena; Samuel Muir, Chicago. 



