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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
this great destruction going on ? Bather, shall we not hon¬ 
estly and urgently press our claim and the great necessity of 
the same before our legislature, till they too will see as we do, 
and pass a law for the immediate examination and reports, as 
mentioned above? 
Adjourned to Wednesday, 9 A. M. 
SECOND DAY. 
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1869. 
9 o’clock A. M. 
The meeting was called to order by the vice-president, -J. C. 
Plumb, in the absence of the president. 
Opened with prayer by the vice-president. 
On motion of Mr. Greenman, from the committee on the 
conduct of business, Thursday. evening was fixed upon as the 
proper time to hear the address by Judge Knapp. 
Judge Knapp, from the committee on the address of the 
president, and report of the secretary, reported a memorial to 
the legislature, asking that body to give annually $1,000, to be 
expended in making experiments in the horticultural garden, 
on the state agricultural farm, collecting information, etc. 
Remarks were made by several members upon the necessity 
and propriety of the grant being made in aid of the society. 
Mr. Stickney hoped that the aid asked might be allowed; 
and that the entire fund would be expended in developing ex¬ 
periments upon the five acres secured to the use of the society 
on the agricultural farm. He considered this the center or 
nucleus around which everything would in the end center, 
and where all might be proved and their merits tested. Such 
as are good recommended, and the bad condemned. 
Mr. Cover thought that it was very essential to have the ap¬ 
propriation made for this object by the state. The design was 
to benefit the whole people, and not individuals. To make 
the experiments that were required, funds were"needed, and 
we could not depend upon the amount of members’ dues. This 
