Excerpt from Transactions of the Illinois State Horticultural Society for 1873, Being the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting, Held at Champaign, Dec. 9, 10 and 11, Vol. 7: Containing, Also, the Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society, Warsaw Horticultural Society, and Other Local Horticultural Societies, Also, Laws Relating to Horticulture Gentlemen on these Committees are expected to act. Independently, and each is requested to report upon his topic with reference to his particular district - Northern, Southern, or Central, as the case may be. It is believed that additional facts and prin ciples may be discovered, relating to the conditions to which fruit culture in Illinois must conform, by a careful study of atmospheric phenomena, our soils, insects, and birds, in connection with vegetable physiology and the hygiene of plants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.