STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 155 



THE AUDITING COMMITTEE 



submitted the following report: 



Gentlemen of the Society : 



Having examined the accounts placed in the hands of this Committee, 

 we would report that we find eveiything in them correct. 



We can not let this opportunity pass without commending the exheme 

 economy of our Secretary. 



S. G. MiNKLER, 



H. J. Hyde, 

 Lewis Et^lsworth, 



Committee. 



The report was adopted. 



Also the following was presented : 



report of committee on president's address. 



The Committee to whom the address of the President was referred, 

 respectfully report that in their examination of it they have confined 

 themselves to that part which was read to the Society. The remaining 

 portion, which was but hastily looked o\tx by them, consists of an able, 

 and soinewhat elaborate discussion of the subject of "The Province of 

 Horticulture," which they hope the author will find time and opportu- 

 nity to read before the close of the meeting. 



The first matter of interest mentioned in the address is the financial 

 condition of the Society, showing the necessity of economy in our 

 expenditures. 



Your Committee approve the recommendation to apply to the legis- 

 lature for an increase of our annual appropriation to $3,000, which sum 

 would enable us to carry forward our work v\ith greater efficienc\-. 



The purchase by the State, of the entomological collection of our 

 departed friend. Mr. Walsh, and the appointment of so competent a per- 

 son as Dr. Le Baron to the office of State Entomologist, made vacant 

 by the death of Mr. Walsh, are matters of satisfaction and congratula- 

 tion. 



The importance and value of stations in difl!erent parts of the State 

 for agricultural and horticultural experiments, will not be questioned by 

 any one. 



Your Committee think that these stations should be under the charge, 

 and their management a part of the work, of our Industrial University. 



Whether the present is a favorable time for pressing this matter upon 

 the attention of our General Assembly may be doubtful, but it is cer- 

 tainly none too soon to call public attention to it. 



Your Committee entirely agree with the President, that sound public 

 policy and forecasting statesmanship demand that we shall do all we 

 can to encourage the planting and growing of timber trees on the 

 prairies, and concur in the recommendation that a committee be 

 appointed to bring the matter before the Society and the General Assem- 



