22 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



who are members of both societies. Mr. S. Edwards, President of the 

 Northern Horticultural Society, pledged the requisite amount. 



On the pledge of Mr. Daggy, President of the Central Illinois 

 Horticultural Society, it was voted to incorporate the minutes of that 

 Society for the sum of $65, with the same regulations in respect to dis- 

 tribution of copies. 



On motion of Judge Brown, it was 



Resolved^ That we employ Dr. E. S. Hull for the current year, as 

 State Horticulturist, at a compensation of $700, and that he shall be 

 expected to make as thorough investigations at home by the microscope 

 and otherwise of insects injurious to fruits and vegetation; also, of the 

 various plant and fruit diseases and their remedies, and to make as fre- 

 quent excursions as he can, for the purpose of observations in the orchards 

 in various parts of the State. 



The sum of $100 was voted to the Secretary for stationery and 

 expenses for the current year. 



A resolution was adopted limiting the expenses of the Ad-Interim 

 Committee (to be paid out of our treasury) to the sum of $150. 



The time of holding the next annual meeting of the Society at 

 Galesburg was fixed for December 13, 14, 15, and 16. 



I am informed by the former Secretary that there is no book furnished 

 by the Society in which to keep its records. It seems very important 

 that the Secretary should keep a concise record of the times and places 

 of all annual and extra meetings and fairs of the Society, as well as of 

 all meetings of the Executive Committees, as well as of all orders drawn 

 on the Treasurer, with their dates and the purposes for which they were 

 drawn. 



I recommend, therefore, that he be authorized to purchase a substan- 

 tially bound record book for these purposes. 



In view of the delay in the publication of the volume for 1869, and 

 of the fact that the funds of the Society are nearly or quite exhausted, I 

 have taken measures to secure the early publication of the next volume 

 and at much less expense to the Society. We are also to have 500 copies 

 bound in muslin and 500 in paper covers, instead of 300 in muslin and 

 700 in paper, as heretofore. 



I have assumed the responsibility of requesting from the Governor 

 1,000 copies of the Report of the State Entomologist, in sheet form, for 

 binding in our volume. This seems especially desirable, since upon the 

 subject of entomology, perhaps, more than any other, the horticulturist 

 needs light. His success depends more upon his ability to ward off, or 

 combat and overcome the hordes of his insect enemies, than upon his 

 knowledge of soils, of botany, or vegetable physiology. 



The publication of our ti'ansactions at an unusually early day will 

 shut out from the volume the minutes and papers of several kindred 

 societies that have heretofore published with us. This result is to be 

 regretted, as it must detract from the interest and value of the volume. 

 Yet we cannot consistently wait for them, and neither the officers or 



