304 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



ONARGA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



O, B. Galusha, Secretary of State Horticultural Society: 



Dear Str : — In compliance with your request I herewith hand you 

 a list of officers of the Onarga Horticultural Society ; also a synopsis of 

 its doings during the year 1872. 



OFFICERS FOR 1873. 



President — J. B. Clark. 

 Vice-President — E. D. Robbins. 

 Recording Secretary — J. L. Burnside. 

 Corresponding Secretary — W. H. Spurgeon. 

 Treasurer — H. Pinney. 

 Librarian — Lyman Pike. 



OTHER MEMBERS. 



Ida Congdon, F. P. Beach, 



M. E. Morgan, J. A. Hall, 



J. D. VanNorman, Isaac Ammerman, 



Elkina Doolittle, J. W. Owen, 



E. C. Hall, R. B. Pangborn, 



E. Rumley, B. B. Scott. 



J, D. Havens, Henry Kellogg, 



Rev. G. R. Palmer, J. H. Atwood, 



W. R. Pevins, E. F. Havens, 



G. B. Fickle, W. A. Thayer, 



Jonathan Owen, J. B. Lowe, 



Horace Babcock, W. R. Barnum, 



Franklin Graves, W. D. Mathews, 

 W. A. Lockwood, • J. D. Lawson, 



B. F. Case, G. H. VanNest, 



Wm, Reed, Charles Torrey, 



Rev. Mr. Dwight. 



SYNOPSIS OF society's DOINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY, 1873. 



Jan. 15, 1872. — Reading and approval of minutes. Reports of 

 committees. (Nothing of importance.) 



Admission of new members. 



Proposition of one of the members to manufacture berry boxes. 



The exorbitant tariff of the P. C. Railroad Co. was next discussed, 

 and universally condemned. 



P. G. Conden was requested to read an essay at next meeting on 

 the strawberry and its cultivation. J. B. Clark to read one at same 

 time on the raspberry and its cultivation ; also, Horace Babcock one on 

 grape-culture. A resolution was adopted. 



Resolved, That strawberry-culture be the subject of discussion at next meeting. 



Adjourned. 



