40 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



M. L. DuNLAP said that he not only would advocate the reduction 

 of the membership fee to one dollar, but would have the price of copies 

 of our Transactions fixed at one dollar also. 



This, he thought, would cany out the intention of the General As- 

 sembly in granting us the appropriation, and would place our books in 

 the hands of those who would be most benefited by them. 



The vote being taken upon the motion resulted in a two-thirds ma- 

 jority in its favor, and the President declared the constitution amended, 

 accordingly. 



M. L. DuNLAP now moved that the Secretary be instructed, at his 

 discretion, to procure the binding, in muslin, of the entire edition of the 

 Transactions of this year; either diminishing the number below one thou- 

 sand sufliciently to meet the extra expense, or paying the difference and 

 procuring the full one thousand copies. 



Mr. Galusha stated that in the present state of the finances of the 

 Society he feared his inability to meet any extra expense for binding. 

 He had contracted for the binding in muslin of five hundred copies, 

 instead of three hundred, as in former years. He would prefer to have 

 nearly or quite the entire one thousand bound in muslin if we have the 

 funds to meet the expense. He would not like to change the terms of 

 his conti-act with the printers, but could procure the binding of additional 

 copies if the means are at hand. 



Mr. DuNLAP said he was willing to leave it in the hands of the Sec- 

 retary. 



The motion was so amended that the Secretary be instructed to secure 

 the binding in muslin of the entire edition, or as large a number thereof 

 as in his discretion the funds of the Society will warrant. The motion, 

 as amended, prevailed. 



The President called upon Mr. Wier, who had arrived, for his report, 

 ad-interim^ on grapes. 



He responded, presenting his report, and asking Mr. Earle to read it. 



Mr. Earle then read as follows : 



D. B. WIEr's report, AD-INTERlM — GRAPES. 



To the Hon. O. B. Galusha^ Secretary of the Illinois State Horticul- 

 tural Society: 

 Dear Sir: — As a member of the Ad-Interim Cof7i7?iittce^ I ofl^er 

 you my report on Grapes. At the first business meeting of our com- 

 mittee, it was resolved, that the better plan was to appoint to each 

 member a specialty to look after, during the season, at home and on our 

 travels. My allotment was grapes, firstly, and small fruits, secondly. It 

 was also agreed, that we should get up no grand special train excursions, 

 heralded by the press, to visit places where everything was especially 

 prepared to receive us. So we made but two formal visits throughout 

 the season, but dropped quietly around amongst our horticultural 

 brethren, and viewed their doings in their every-day clothes. In this 

 way we did not get so many "chicken fixins" for dinner as the old plan 



