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came. Its honor was our honor ; its success our success, and its 

 failure would be our failure. 



Mr.Galusha explained briefly that the Horticultural Committee of 

 the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University, had 

 matured a plan for experimental orchard, vineyard, tree and other 

 plantations, involving an outlay of $22,000, for which an oppropria- 

 tion was asked. 



Dunlap — We proposed 54 acres of experimental orchards, to con- 

 tain two trees of a kind of all the known varieties, good, bad and 

 indifferent. We proposed seventy acres of timber trees, embracing 

 twenty-three American and seven European varieties. Also osage 

 orange hedges, belts of deciduous and evergreen trees, vineyards, 

 plantations of small fruits, an arboretum and park, etc., etc. These 

 will be object lessons for the young and also for the old. 



The resolutions were passed unanimously. 



A STATE FAIR AND THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Earlc offered the following : 



Whbkbas, The interests of Horticulture will be greatly promoted by an extensive 

 exhibition of fruit, flowers and other horticultural products within the convenient reach 

 of large numbers of the people, therefore 



Resolved, Tlmt we instruct our Executive Committee to arrange for such an exhibition 

 at the time and place of holding the Fair of the State Agricultural Society : and to 



co-operate, if possible, with tl fflcers of that Society in relation to this exhibition, in 



such a manner as to promote the prosperity and usefulness of both Societies. 



Shepherd — I think horticulture is not advanced by exhibitions. 

 More good is done by the talk we have had here than by all the 

 exhibitions ever held in the State. If you go to the State and 

 county fairs it is to see fast horses. The man who goes to the fair 

 can only talk fast horse. Those who come here will go and plant 

 trees ami flowers. 



Galusha — I am sorry to hear such remarks as Father Shepherd's 

 in disparagement of the fairs of the State Agricultural Society. I 

 admit there may have been lager bier about the horse ring, but on 



