TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Programme for Meeting. 



TUESDAY iith A. M.] 



I. — President's Address. 



3. — Reports of Secretary and Treasurer. 



3. — Reports of Vice-Presidents. 

 1st District— L. WOODWARD, Marengo. 

 2d District— SAMUEL EDWARDS, Lamoile. 

 3d District— A. C. HAMMOND, Warsaw. 

 4tli District— TYRA MONTGOMERY, Mattoon. 



TUBS DAT, P. M. 



1 — Report of State Horticulturist, _ _ . £)r. E. S. Hull. 



2 — Report of ad interim Committee on Grapes, - D. B. Wikr. 

 3 — Paper on the Cultivation of Evergreens and 



their benefits, - - - - _ Robert Douglass. 



TUESDAY EVENING. 



I — Lecture on the Variations and Improvements in 



Fruit Trees and their propagation, Dr. J. A. Warder, Cincinnati. 

 2 — Paper on Simple Flowers for summer display in 



the flower garden, _ _ - - . Edgar Sanders. 



WEDNESDAY, A.M. 



I — Reports of Vice-Presidents. 



5th District— J. W, FLETCHER, Centralia. 

 6th District— H. J. HYDE, Godfrey. 

 7th District— A. M. BROWN, Villa Ridge. 

 2 — Report of ad interim Committee on Apples, - O. B. Galusha. 

 3 — Paper on the Propagation and Culture of the 

 most desirable Deciduous Trees for artificial 

 planting on the prairies, - - - Arthur Bryant, Sen. 



WEDNESDAY, P. M. 



I — Paper on Snout Beetles injurious to Fruits and 



Vegetables, by - C. V. Riley, State Entomologist of Missouri. 

 2 — Paper on Moral Influence of Horticulture, - Alex. Strachan. 

 3 — Report of ad interim Committee on Pears, - Parker Earle. 



WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



I — Paper on Birds Beneficial and Injurious to Horticulture, J W. Velie. 

 2 — Lecture on Horticultural Education, - Prof. J. B. Turner. 



THURSDAY, A. M. 

 I — Election of Oflicers. 



2 — Fixing time and place of next Annual Meeting. 

 3 — Examination of new varieties of Fruits and Vegetables, 



and distribution of Books and Cions. 

 4 — Paper on Packing Fruits for market, - - A. M. Brown. 



