erries, Currants, and Gooseberries--H. G.
Vickroy, Normal; Wm. Jackson, Godfrey; D. Wilmot Scott, Galena.

Pears--C. N. Dennis, Hamilton; Parker Earle, Cobden; W. T.
Nelson, Wilmington.

Peaches--J. B. Spaulding, Riverton; H. C. Freeman, Alto Pass.

Plums and Cherries--Dr. A. H. Sanborn, Anna; L. C. Francis,
Springfield.

New Fruits, Trees, and Plants--J. T. Johnson, Warsaw; E.
Hollister, Alton.

Gathering and Marketing Fruits and Vegetables--R. W. Hunt,
Galesburg; Ed. Rogers, Upper Alton.

Utilizing Fruits--G. H. Clayson, Crystal Lake; ---- Roberts,
Godfrey.

Floriculture--Thomas Franks, Champaign; Joseph Heinl,
Jacksonville.

Landscape Gardening--J. P. Bryant, Princeton; Prof. Standish,
Galesburg.

Vegetable Physiology--Prof. Burrill, Champaign; G. H. French,
Carbondale.

Entomology and Ornithology--Prof. S. A. Forbes, Normal; Miss
Alice Walton, Muscatine, Iowa; Miss Emily A. Smith, Peoria.

Geology and Soils, as Affecting Plant Life--Wm. McAdams, Alton;
Henry M. Bannister, Kankakee; Henry M. Shaw, Mt. Carrol.

Horticultural Adornment of Home--Mrs. Lavina S. Humphrey.
Galesburg; Mrs. H. N. Roberts, Alton; Mrs. P. V. Hathaway,
Damascus.

The appointment of ad-interim committees was referred to the members of
the board from each horticultural district. A portion of them asked time
for consultation, which was granted. When the entire committee in
appointed, the names will be reported to THE PRAIRIE FARMER.

A. C. HAMMOND, Sec'y.

DIOGENES IN HIS TUB.

And first, Diogenes would discourse of that remarkable polar wave that
struck us on Saturday the 5th of the year, and its probable effect on
the fruit product. Great fear is manifested on all sides, and not
without grounds: yet the conditions, it seems to me, have been so
favorable that there is cause for hope. Remember that there was no very
sudden change, the temperature having been low for two or three weeks
before, and no sudden rise since. The sudden changes seem to be the
ones--coming in the midst of winter--that are the most destructive to
our fruits. So I conclude there is ground yet for hope; and unless some
future disaster should occur, Dio., if living, will expect to eat of
several sorts of fruit this year grown on his own grounds. Keep in good
heart, brethren; Providence will send us all we deserve.

But hasn't that man at Cape Gira