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LOCAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 



OF ILLINOIS. 



TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



NORTHERN ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



At its Second Annual Meeting, held at Aurora, Feb. 16 to 18, 18G9. 



[In preparinc; this report of the Second Annual Meeting of the Northern Illinois 

 Horticultural Society, the Publishing Committee regret their inability to give so full 

 and complete a report of the discussions as they would have been glad to have done, 

 and for convenience of arrangement have not here followed the strict order of business 

 as it occurred.] 



In the absence of the President, Samuel Edwards, who was detained 

 at home by sickness, Tyler McWhorter, Vice-President from Mercer 

 County, called the meeting to order, with a good attendance of citi- 

 zens and strangers. 



Mr. Belden, President of the Aurora Horticultural Society, 



in their behalf and that of the citizens of Aurora, cordially wel- 

 comed the members from a distance to the hospitalities and homes of 

 the citizens. To which the President, in behalf of the members, re- 

 sponded, thanking the President and citizens for the kindly welcome. 

 The session was then formally opened by prayer by Dr. C. C. 

 Miller. 



