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judgment, in whose devotion to the interests of this Society and in whose 

 integrity of purpose to seek the highest good of their fellow men, we will 

 all conhde. Let us give these men time to look at this subject in all its 

 bearings, and they would, no tloubt, present a platform upon which all 

 members can stand and act in harmony. 



This motion prevaile<l. 



Tlie President subset[uontly announced the committee, viz : Parker 

 Earlc, of South Pass; Lewis Ellsworth, of Naperville; D. VV. Scott, of 

 Galena; Jonathan Iluggins, of VVoodburn, and A. M. Brown, of Villa 

 Ridge. 



On motion, the Society adjourned till to-morrow morning, 



FRIDAY MORNING. 



The Society met at the usual hour, President Flagg in the chair. 



Mr. Edwards, President of the Northern Illinois Horticultural 

 Society, read the follo\\ing notice, adding his own personal invitation : 



Air. President: 



On behalf of the Officer i and Members of the Northern IlHnois Horticultural 

 Society, an invitation is extended to tlie members of our State Society to meet with 

 that Society at Rockfoid, on January, 24, 25, and 2(1, 1S71. The usual Railroad 

 facilities will be attbrded, and the cordial hospitality of the citizens of Rockford ik 

 extended. D. Wilmot Scott, 



CorrcsfondiviT Secret ar v. 



Mr. Jackson, of Benton Harbor, Presitlent of the Ilorticultiual 

 Society of Western Michigan, read the following: 



On behalf of the Horticultural Society of Western Michigan, ourhearty thanks 

 are hereby tendered to Dr. Hull, your worthy State Horticulturist, for the valuable 

 services rendered our Society by his recent visits and lectures. 



W. H. Ragan, Con"esponding Secretary of the Indiana Horticul- 

 tural Society, invited the members of our Society to attend the annual 

 meeting to be held in Indianapolis, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs- 

 day, the 3d, 4th, and 5th days of January, prox. 



E. Daggy, President of the Illinois Central Horticultural Society, 

 invited the members of the State Society to the meeting of that Society, 

 to be held at Carlinville, February 7, 8, and 9. 



The Committee on Horticultural Education., through Mr. McClel- 

 land. Chairman, reported as follows: 



Your Cominittee, to whom was referred the resolution in regard to 

 the advancement of Horticultural Education in our institutions of learn- 

 ing, have given the subject what consideration they have been able in 

 so short a time, and on account of the great importance of the subject, and 

 the necessity of matiuing some feasible plan which will promote its great 

 ends, would recommend the appointment of a committee of three, to pre- 

 pare an address to the people of Illinois, and to be published in the 

 Transactions of this Society, calling attention to the importance of intro- 

 ducing into all our schools, the study of practical horticulture, arboricul- 

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