TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



STANDING COMMITTEES, 1869. 



Gentlemen on these Committees are expected to act independently, and each requested to 

 report upon his topic with reference to his particular district — Northern, Southern, or Central, 

 as The case may he. It is believed that important facts and principles may be discovered, relating 

 to the conditions to which fruit culture in lllh ois must conform, by a careful study of atmospheric 

 pliei omena, our soils, insects and b rds, in connection with vegetable physiology and the hjgiene 

 of plants. 



NORTHERN. 



James W. Tollman, 



Winnebago. 



METEOROLOGY. 



CENTRAL. 



Wm. M. Baker, 



Champaign. 



SOUTHERN. 



John H. Tice, 



St. Louis, Mo, 



J. Shaw, 



Mt. Carroll. 



GEOLOGY AND SOILS. 



W. F. Bliss, 



Champaign. 



H. C. Freeman, 



South Pass. 



BOTANY AND YEGETAELE PHYSIOLOGY. 



T. J. Burrill, 



Champaign. 



L. D. Morse, 



St. Louis, Mo. 



George Vasey, 



Richview. 



B. D. Walsh, 



Bock Island. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



C. V. Riley, 



St. Louis, Mo. 



T. A. E. Holcomb, 



South Pass. 



Jona. Periam, 



(Jhatsworth. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



G. W. Minier, s 

 Minier. 



E. S. Hull. 



Alton. 



Samuel Edwards. 



La Aloille, 



ORNAMENTAL AND TIMBER TREES. 



J. W. Fell, 



Normal. 



A. M. Brown. 



Villa Ridge. 



H. D. Emery, 



Chicago. 



•I. W. Cochran, 



Blue Island. 

 Elmer Baldwin, 



Farm Ridge. 



FRUIT PACKAGES. 



E. A. Riehl, 



Alton. 



AD INTERIM. 



Samuel Edwards, 



La Moille, 

 W. C. Flagg, 



Alton. 



Parker Earle, 



South Pass. 



B. Pullen, 



Central ia. 

 H. C. Freeman, 



South Pass. 



SPECIAL COMMITTEES, 1869. 



ON SELECTING NEW VARIETIES. 



Northern District. — J. W. Cochran, Samuel Edwards and T). B. Wier. 



Ckntral District. -»M. L. Dunlap, L. C. Francis and J. A. Pettingill. 



Soi i iikun District. — H. J. Hydo. B. Pullen and P. R. Wright. 



On Canning Kstabli.sumi-.nts. — N. J. Colman, Parker Earle and J. M. Pearson. 



STATE HORTICULTURIST, 1869. 

 Dr. E. S. Hull, Alton, Madibon County. 



