io8 JVotcs and Gleanings. 



Central. — D;>trict No. 3. The Illinois River District. — Adams, Brown, 

 Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Marshall, Mason, 

 Mercer, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Pike, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, Tazewell, War- 

 ren, Woodford, 21. — District No. 4. TI:e Grarui Prairie District. — Cham- 

 paign, Christian, Coles, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Logan, Mc- 

 Lean, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Livingston, Shelby, Vermilion, 17. 

 Total, 3S. 



Southern. — District No. 5. TJie IVabash or Centralia District. — Clark, 

 Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, 

 Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, White, 17. — 

 District No. 6. Tlie Kaskaskia or Alton District. — Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, 

 Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Randolph, 

 St. Clair, Washington, 13. — District No. 7. The Grand Chain District. — 

 Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Mansac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, 

 Union, Wilhamson, ir. Total, 41. 



The officers for 1870 are the following : — 



President — Willard C. Flagg, Moro, Madison County. I'icc Presidents — 

 1st District: L.Woodward, Marengo, McHenry County. 2d District : Samuel 

 Edwards, Lamoille, Bureau County. 3d District : A. C. Hammond, Warsaw, 

 Hancock County. 4th District : Lyra Montgomery, Mattoon, Coles County. 

 5th District : J. W. Fletcher, Centralia, Marion County. 6th District : N. J. 

 Hyde, Godfrey, Madison County. 7th District : A. M. Brown, Villa Ridge, 

 Pulaski County. Secretary — O. B. Galusha, Morris, Grundy County. Assist- 

 ant Secretary — N.J. Dunlap, Champaign, Champaign County. Treasurer — 

 Jonathan Huggins, Woodburn, Macoupin County. 



Mr. Meehan's paper on the Principles of Fruit Culture, was read in the even- 

 ing, and from the scientific as well as the practical ability of its author, it attract- 

 ed a good deal of attention. Advocating viev/s somewhat heterodox in fruit cul- 

 ture, it provoked some criticism and denial of its positions ; but of these I shall 

 have to speak at another time. 



There were a good variety of apples and pears on exhibition, most of the 

 latter from Ellwanger and Barry, and also samples of the Chinese quince from 

 Louisiana. 



The next meeting will be held at Galesburg, in December, 1870. 



W. C. F. 



Western New York : its Horticultural Shows, Nurseries, etc. — 

 Perhaps there is no section of country that is more noted for its fruits, especially 

 its apples, than Western New York, or the northern part of it. On the north 

 lies Lake Ontario, and through the centre of the State is the noted chain of 

 lakes that are so well known for their beauty — the Crooked Lake, Canandai- 

 gua, Seneca, Cayuga, and Owasco, well known to thousands from the large cities, 

 who seek them for pleasure and recreation. 



The country lying between these and Lake Ontario, and running from Syracuse 

 to Buffalo, is unsurpassed by any other section for fruit-growing purposes. Mer- 

 cury scarcely ever sinks to twelve degrees below zero ; hence the trees growing 



