the canes down and hold them to the ground or cover in
this latitude, though this work will pay well.

In two weeks orchards will be discussed.

ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Executive Board of the State Horticultural
Society was held in the agricultural rooms at Springfield, January 9th.
Present: John M. Pearson, Godfrey, President; A. C. Hammond, Warsaw,
Secretary; S. M. Slade, Elgin, Arthur Bryant, Princeton, Dr. A. G.
Humphrey, Galesburg, H. M. Dunlap, Champaign, and E. A. Reihl, Alton.

A large amount of routine business was transacted, not of public
interest, after which the board proceeded to arrange for a grand fruit
exhibition, to be made by the society at the next State Fair. This
collection will not be entered for a premium, but only to show the
diversified horticultural products of the State.

The public-spirited citizens of Illinois, and particularly of Chicago,
have decreed that the State Fair of 1884 shall eclipse anything of the
kind ever held in the Northwest, and the State Horticultural Society,
desiring to keep abreast of the times, will make a display of fruit that
the State may well be proud of.

It was also decided to offer liberal premiums for horticultural products
to be exhibited at the next winter meeting, which will be held in the
Industrial University, at Champaign, the first or second week in
December.

After some discussion as to the best method of interesting the students
in our work, it was decided to offer premiums, first and second, for the
best essays on horticultural subjects. The board and members of the
society hope that this offer will be the means of bringing out a number
of papers from the young gentlemen and ladies of the institution.

There seems to be a determination evinced by the members of the board
and society to make an aggressive, vigorous campaign the present year,
and to bring our work more prominently before the people than ever
before.

The following are the standing committees for the year:

Orchard Culture--B. F. Johnson, Champaign; Henry Mortimore,
Manteno.

Forestry--Thomas Gregg, Hamilton; L. C. Francis, Springfield.

Vegetable Gardening--A. L. Hays, Jacksonville.

Grapes and Grape Culture--Ayres, Villa Ridge; M. A. Baldwin,
Jacksonville; D. J. Piper, Foreston.

Strawberries--J. G. Bubach, Princeton; Henry Wallace, Villa
Ridge; O. B. Galusha, Peoria.

Raspberries, Blackb