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J. Troop, Purdue University; Iowa State Horticultural Society, C. L. 

 Watrous, Des Moines, and G. B. Brackett, Denmark ; Illinois State Horti- 

 cultural Society, Jabez Webster, Centralia, and A. C. Hammond, Warsaw; 

 Central Illinois Horticultural Society, G. W. E. Cook, Lacon, and F. I. 

 Mann, Gilman ; Southern Illinois Horticultural Society, E. A. Riehl, Alton, 

 and Wm. Jackson, Godfrey; Northern Illinois Horticultural Society, 

 Arthur Bryant, Princeton, and Andrew Dunning, Chicago; Kansas State 

 Horticultural Society, Judge L. Houk, Hutchinson, and F. Wellhouse, 

 Fairmount; Kentucky State Horticultural Society, Wm. L. Dulaney, Bow- 

 ling Green ; Massachusetts State Horticultural Society, Benjamin G. Smith, 

 Cambridge, and O. B. Hadwin, Worcester ; Michigan State Horticultural 

 Society, R. Morrill, Benton Harbor, and C. J. Monroe, South Haven; 

 Missouri State Horticultural Society, L. A. Goodman, Westport ; Nebraska 

 State Horticultural Society, G. J. Carpenter, Fairbury, and F. W. Taylor, 

 Omaha; Northwestern Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, H. B. Beatty, 

 Oil City ; Ohio State Horticultural Society, N. H. Albaugh, Tadmor, and 

 N. Ohmer, Dayton; South Dakota State Horticultural Society, Oliver 

 Gibbs, Jr., Ramsey ; Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, B, S. Hoxie, 

 Evansville, and M. A. Thayer, Sparta ; Bureau of Pomology, Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. , H. E. Van Deman ; Chicago Floral Club, 

 Frank Bentley, Chicago, and G. L. Grant, Chicago; Indiana Florists' Society^ 

 J. D. Carmody, Evansville ; Indianapolis Floral Club, Wm. Langstaff, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. ; Cook County (111.) Horticultural Society, Edgar Sand- 

 ers, Chicago; Northwestern Cider and Cider Vinegar Makers' Association, 

 L. R. Bryant, Princeton, 111. ; Tri-City Floral Society, J. Temple, Daven- 

 port, Iowa, ; Illinois Fruit Growers' Association, N. M. Burns, Clay City, 

 and Israel Mills, Clay City ; West Michigan Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Joseph Lannin, South Haven, and Walter Phillips, Grand Haven ; The 

 Warsaw (111.) Horticultural Society, J. T. Johnson, Warsaw ; Marshall 

 County (111.) Horticultural Society, E. R. McKinney, Lacon; and Honorary 

 Members, E. S. Goff, Madison, Wis , Henry C. Freeman, Alto Pass, 111. 



"While awaiting above report, the convention listened to 

 an interesting paper from A. C. Hammond, secretary of the 

 Illinois Horticultural Society, which set forth an informal out- 

 line of plans, etc., regarding horticultural exhibits at the 

 World's Fair. 



''Permanent officers were elected as follows: President, 

 S. M. Emery, Lake City, Minn. ; vice-president, C. L. Wat- 

 rous, Des Moines, Iowa ; secretary and treasurer, H. B. 

 Beatty, Oil City, Pa. ; assistant secretar}^, G. L. Grant, 

 Chicago. 



''An informal talk followed, touching the exhibit. H. E. 

 Van Deman, of Washington, D. C, said : 'The horticultural 

 exhibit should be cut loose from the agricultural exhibit ; 

 though twins, they should be separate in order to do each jus- 

 tice. Plorticulture covers the universe, and the wise course 

 to pursue is to appoint a commissioner of horticulture, with 



