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1863. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



363 



Winter Meeting of Illinois Horticul- 

 tural Society, 



Alton, Not. 15, 1863. 

 To the Horticulturists of the Mississippi Vatley : 



The Illinois State Horticultural Society will hold 

 its eighth annual Winter Meeting, at Mercantile 

 Hall in the city of Alton, on Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 Thursday and Friday, December loth, 16th, I'Zth 

 and 18th, 1863. 



The various State and local Horticultnral Soci- 

 ies of the country, are cordially invited to send 

 telegates ; and all persons interested in Horticul- 

 ture are urgently requested to attend. Specimens 

 of fruits, flowers, plants, vegetables, wines, seeds 

 and other products are solicited. 



The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company will 

 grant return passes to "members holding a state- 

 ment from an agent that they have paid full fare 

 from such a station to St. Louis, and at the same 

 time presenting with it, at the Superintendent's 

 office in St. Louis, a certificate of membership." 

 The Chicago & Alton Railroad Company will pass 

 returning members to the 19th of December, who 

 have paid full fare, on the certificate of the Cor- 

 responding Secretary. The Terre Haute & Alton 

 Railroad Company "do not commute fares in favor 

 of meetings of any societies." The Illinois Cen- 

 tral Railioad Company reply that it is contrary to 

 their regulations to make any concession in the 

 rate of fare for passengers to any but the State and 

 National Fairs. 



> Persons irriving before ten o'clock on Tuesday, 

 are requested to report at the Corresponding Sec- 

 retary's Office, over the Alton Bank: after that 

 time at the Hall of meeting : where a Committee 

 of Reception, appointed by the Alton Horticultur- 

 al Society, will assign them to quarters provided 

 by the hospitality of citizens. 



PAPERS TO BE BEAD BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 



President's Annual Address. 



Tr -asurer's Report. 



Secretary's Report. 



Essay on the Apple, by F. K Phoenix, Bloom- 

 ington. 



Essay on the Pear, by Robert Douglass, Wau- 

 kegan. 



Experience of Pear Blight, by B. F. Long, Al- 

 ton. 



Essay on the Peach, Nectarine and Apricot, by 

 E. S. Hull, Alton. 



_ Essay on the Grape, by John A. Warder, Cin- 

 cinnati 



Es~ay on American Wines, by Geo. Husmann, 

 Hermann. 



Essay on Small Fruits, by N. J. Colman, St. 

 Louis. 



Essay on Vegetable Gardening, by H. Schroe- 

 der, Bloomington. 



Essay on Flower Gardening, by Chas. Kennicott, 

 Centralia. 



Essay on Cultivation of Native Forest Trees, by 

 0. B. Galusha, Lisbon. 



Essay on Green House Culture, by Edgar San- 

 flers, Chicago. 



Essay on Nut-bearing Trees, by Wm. Muir, Fox 

 Creek, Mo. 



Eulogy of the late John A. Kennicott, by Arthur 

 Bryant, Sr., Princeton. 



Biography of Dr. Kennicott, by C. D. Bragdon, 

 Chicago. 



In addition to the essays by the gentlemen above 

 named — who have all consented to serve — others 

 are expected from persons who have not yet made 

 known their intention to furnish contributions. 



In the discussions of Fruits, &c., the following 

 order will be followed, so far as practicable, and 

 is recommended to the consideration of Essayists: 



1. Varieties First — for profit. Second — taste. 



2. Propagation. 



3. Selection and Preparation of Ground. 



4. Planting. 



5. Cultivation. 



6. Pruning. 

 ^. Diseases. 



8. Gathering and Marketing. 



G. W. MiNiER, President. 

 W. C. Flagg, Corresponding Secretary. 



— We trust that every fruit grower in the North - 

 West will be in attendance at the above meeting. 

 They should bring fruits, seeds, cuttings of valua- 

 ble fruits, scions, etc. 



We are somewhat surprised at the reply of the 

 Illinois Central Railroad Company in regard to 

 return passes oh this occasion. There is no road 

 so deeply interested in the promotion of fruit cul- 

 ture as is this road, and it would shew its apprecia- 

 tion of the efi'orts making in this behalf to have 

 been at least as liberal as that of its competitor 

 for the fruit trade, the C. & A. R. R. It is true that 

 the attendance at these meetings have not bee» 

 generally large in numbers. Yet it has exerted a 

 decided influence on the progress of fruit culture 

 throughout the West. We trust that the I. C. B. 

 R. will yet see the importance of fostering the en- 

 terprise, by sending an officer to attend the meet- 

 ing with authority to grant return passes to all 

 persons who wish to return over their road. 



The Experimental Garden. 



A visit to the experimental Garden in Four-and- 

 a-half street, last week, interested us much, espe- 

 cially as Mr. William Sanders, under whose judi- 

 cious and scientific care it has been placed, waa 

 kind enough to accompany us in our explorations 

 and answer any questions we proposed to him. 

 When it is remembered that but a short while ago 

 the site of this fine garden was only a worthless 

 swamp — that, in point of fact, the garden is all 

 "made ground," having been filled up with rub- 

 bish, and only topped with earth — the institution 

 cannot fail to be regarded as a great success. The 

 garden is now in better order than it has ever been, 

 for Mr. Sanders' energetic and conscientious man- 

 agement is beginning to tell upon it. Many need- 

 less walks and merely ornamental beds have been 

 dispensed with, and the room thus wasted has b«en 

 turned to good account. Nevertheless, the gar 



