TRANSACTIONS 



Ol' THE 



iLLiiis mn eeBTieuLTURAL m\m 



IPOI^ 187 3, 



BEING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, 

 HELD AT CHAMPAIGN, DEC. U, 10 AND 11 ; 



CONTAINING, ALSO, THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF 



THE fRTHERt( ILLINOIS H0F[T1CULTUI[AL SOCIETY, 



WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



AND OTHER LOCAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES; 



ALSO, 



LAWS RELATING TO HORTICULTURE, LECTURES AND ESSAYS FROM PROMINENT AND 



SUCCESSB'UL FRUIT-GROWERS, AND EMINENT SCIENTISTS ; 



LISTS OF FRUITS, TREES, ETC. 



:bx5itei3 by the SECie-ETjLi?,"^. 



New Series — Vol. VII. 



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