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linden, or basswood, with its large and beautiful foliage, is worthy of a 

 place in our lawns and yards. The elm, with its lofty trunk and spread- 

 ing branches, can not be surpassed for street purposes, and is veiy highly 

 esteemed for general use. There are many other varieties we might 

 mention of the shade and ornamenal trees, but we fear that we have 

 already intruded on your time. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. WOODARD. 

 Marengo, McHenry Co., 111., Dec. 1870. 



The report was received and ordered printed. 



Mr. Edwards, Vice-President of the Second Distinct, not being 

 present, the report of Mr. A. C. Hammond, Vice-President of the Third 

 District, was called for and read, as follows : 



REPORT OF THE THIRD HORTICULTURAL DISTRICT. 



Mr. President and Gentle??ien of the State Horticultural Society : 



As Vice-President of your Society for the Third District, I submit 

 the following report: 



In order to obtain the necessary facts for making a full report, I 

 addressed a letter of inquiry to some one in each of the twenty-one 

 counties in my district, asking for information relative to the condition 

 and progress of Horticulture. The result of this correspondence has been 

 but five favorable replies. Some plead want of time and ability; others 

 complain that they have responded to similar applications before, but 

 this Society has failed to give them the proper ci'edit, and their com- 

 munications have been seemingly ignored ; while others have altogether 

 neglected to reply. 



I will here suggest the propriety of carefully revising the Committee 

 of Correspondence published in our annual volume, as there can undoubt- 

 edly be one man named in each county who will be willing to assist the 

 Vice-President in making his annual report. 



From Mercer County, ex-President McWhorter writes : " The con- 

 tinued drouth of early spring, extending into mid-summer, was exceedingly 

 disastrous to planters, and Pomona has been very unpropitious in her 

 blessings. No cherries, no currants to speak of, and only a scanty 

 allowance of berries of any kind. Grapes alone have produced a good 

 crop. Orchards bloomed sparsely, and the amount of fruit retained was 

 greatly diminished by the drouth. Summer apples produced better 

 than winter varieties, though the latter attained better size, owing to 

 favorable rains later in the season. The striking difference between the 

 past season and that preceding it, affords opportunity for interesting 

 observation. The past summer was nearly rainless from March until 

 the middle of July, and our apples are nearly free from scab. Such 

 varieties as are usually worst infected, as White Winter Pearmain and 

 Ortley, are remarkably fair. The year previous ('69) we had almost 



