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publications, and abundance of them, few of us feel like 

 paying one, two, or three dollars for the rejDort of a Society 

 which does not cost one fourth of that sum. Having 

 experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining the reports 

 of the various Societies, and knowing that there are others 

 who feel the same interest on the subject as ourselves, we 

 suggest that the different Societies shall print an extra 

 number of copies of their j^roceedings, and place them in 

 the hands of one or more of our prominent Horticultural 

 book publishers for sale. If this or some similar plan can 

 be adopted and carried out, the field of usefulness of each 

 Society would be greatly enlarged, and those desiring the 

 reports would know where to obtain them. We believe 

 this course would have a very salutary effect upon the 

 Societies themselves, for members knowing that their 

 individual suggestions and recommendations were to be 

 read by tliose outside of their immediate vicinity, would 

 be more circumspect in both. 



We would be pleased to notice the reports of all 

 the Horticultural Societies in the United States and 

 Canadas, but can not do so unless copies are forwarded to 

 us, o'r we are informed where they can be obtained. 



Reports of the following-named Societies have been 

 received in the past year : 



Illinois State Horticultural Society. Officers : Ehner Baldwin, 

 President ; W. C. Flagg, Corresponding and Recording Secre- 

 tary; O. L. Barler, Assistant Secretary; Jonathan Iliggins, 

 Treasurer. 



Tlie first meeting of the Illinois Horticultural Society 

 was held at Peoria on the 15th of October, 1846. 



