Horticultural society

In eighteen thirty a number of collections still famous in the legends of the mystery are found complete.

At the Orchid Conference, Mr. O'Brien expressed a fear that we could not now match some of the specimens mentioned at the exhibitions of the Horticultural Society in Chiswick Gardens between eighteen thirty-five and eighteen fifty, and extracts which he gave from reports confirm this suspicion.

The number of species cultivated at that time was comparatively small.

People grew magnificent specimens in place of many handsome pots.

They flourish at any height, if the general conditions be suitable.

Mr. Rosel discovered a secret nevertheless, and in good time we shall learn further.

To the Royal Horticultural Society of England belongs the honour of first importing orchids methodically and scientifically.

Messier Weir and Fortune, I believe, were their earliest employees.

Stone of Bradfordton, treasurer a n draper of upper alton mr robbins offered a resolution of thanks which was adopted to the legislative committee for their conscientious performance of the duties entrusted to them on motion it was voted that each member of the association be requested to send a copy of the resolution of this society relative to adulteration to their various members of congress with the solicitation of their assistance in having it enacted into law.

Resolutions of greeting were sent to and received from the State Horticultural Society and the State Grange, all in session in the State House at the same time.

Mr. C.P. Daddant read an essay at the evening meeting of the Horticultural Society on the importance of bees in horticulture, which was received with the best of feeling among the horticulturists.

many of whom are also beekeepers.

A resolution was reported as follows and adopted.

resolved that the illinois state beekeepers association desire to return their sincere thanks to the honorable e l merritt chairman mckinley and others in the house and senator dunlap and others in the senate for their valuable services in obtaining the appropriation for the honey display at the world's fair the resolution of greeting from the state horticultural society was as follows to our fellow co-laborers the members of the illinois state beekeepers association brethren

feeling that our interests are identical

although we each aim to accomplish the same end by different means you by extracting the sweets from our blossoms we while you are deriving benefits from the mixing of the pollen to fertilize and make our trees and plants fruitful expecting to derive our reward from the sale of the beautiful fruit we desire to extend to you the right hand of fellowship and wish you success in your effort to extend the production of honey and notwithstanding the fact that your bees may get their heads together and plot for the eating of our grapes and other fruits yet we still have faith in the utility of the little bee as a helper to the fruit grower and admire her industrious and business habits henry augustine president h m dunlap secretary reports of beekeepers c p daddant of hamilton number of colonies three fifty increased thirty honey produced four hundred pounds of honey dew and five hundred pounds of spanish needle honey bees in good condition for winter packed out of doors geo poindexter of kenney number of colonies ninety increased three amount of honey obtained two thousand pounds of clover and eight hundred pounds of extracted fall honey bees wintered in the cellar and are in good condition now he clips the queen's wings to prevent swarming and believes in ventilation to induce the bees to work in the supers a n draper of upper alton had about three hundred colonies in the spring and sold sixty colonies with no increase during the season he had about enough honey to winter the bees out of doors packed in forest leaves his bees are kept in four apiaries he says that white clover was a failure this year he prevents swarming by having large hives and plenty of ventilation he harvested the most honey from asparagus of which there are a hundred acres in the neighborhood this honey is of poor quality chase becker of pleasant plains had fifty-three colonies in the spring and increased to sixty-two he took about seven hundred pounds of honey the bees are in good condition for winter he grows small fruit in connection with bee keeping For extracting, he uses three sets of full frames, supers full of comb to each hive, induces the bees to go into the supers by placing partly filled sections in the middle of the supers.

Dungeons and dragons.

Inside of the Chavere Horticultural Society in service of resurrection and immortality, our heroes have just finished convincing, ostensibly, the Iron Root Thanatomancer that they are here for legitimate reasons.

We're the most legitimate in all the world, Red says, reiterating nothing to the man.

Red hands the bag of mixed nuts that he's been eating from to Doran.