The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-01-19
The Richmond Horticultural Ass ISOLATION

The meeting called to order BIZ the Psesileat
the minutes of the last meeting werc read and approx
I cd.
According to the lppointm mt at oar last ting,
/ the President read address the im?rovcrza mt
manifest in horticultural point of view durir. the
I last few wears. The Treasurer presented report
which referred hack to him with instructions to
make more specific report with the items.
/ The COMMITTEES the premium list for flowers was
continued.
The following paper was then read by h. SrR,rrAx.
introductory to a series:
FRTEND PEssIDESr,-I requested at last
meeting, to read lp.r Horticultural subject
al next Oh course thought / aust obey, aul
ra:t.ng M thoughts to work to fn1 the subject,
readily discovered that I was neither schoar or
poet nor was learned ia the science Of Mineralogy
pr Rugology, brt the knowledge which possessed on
ihs interesting and important subject Rorticnl-
TIRE was simply what had derived from practical
experience antitrust. Often the TINES that
nv failures became my best teachers and my mind
became enHrenel by the thought Of the Bursting forth
IF Spring. ari the glowing Of fruits AMI flowers |
was impressed that the time, while the
earth locked in the icy embrace Of winter for
farm rs and gardeners. commercial gro ets ami ANA
tursts read anil reflect, store the grarary Of thG
mind well -atH.r :? thr fragments clip all that
may be zzeul from the tar'6us journals q the day
that We may be fully prepared. oar part when
natu-r ateter5 FROM her rest and thc earth sgsir
opens her b5son 10 slIfullr pat in IL z;sn AMI the
seed the tree and the tbs shrub ami TIC For
persuaded am that is almost. If Always
faul: mot natures that We fail in our expectations
Perhaps it Was never more Incumbent upon Us,
At the coming season. have everything in order with
a view 10 cconouse our hhrr, ar1 at the sams time
increas predictions, in every braa4h both zri
ianls that We will have rect aside frcr the heavy
taxes necessary to tle sustaining Or our goFarars
should aluionish every TIN, both m.ntal AMI
phys ga! sa-rries should bo Sept ACTIVE.
W J. DuLtS. was bsllotsd i rnen1ber.
The Secretary then read a paper Prs.,7 I'll by i.
srRATr.N from Or. sEpER. on Agricultural Cal
legss which brought mp discussion ths proposed
Agricultural College in Inli,al, aud tha following
presmbls AM resolutions adopted ~ the Asso-
citation
Alta u1,sting Of tas Richuleni H5-sieultur.l Ass9-
ciaton, hsId IL No. Engine Hail. On Saturday jan
uary II, 1855. 4 committee appointed attend
the meeting in Henry Hall, Monday Jan. 1878, on
the sube2t Of the proposed industrial and Agrcu,ur
Al ColeSs, ii Iadiana and to present the following
preamble aud resolutions.
wuksEAs munldesnt beqasst has becn E.adc 70
this state by Congress, for the purpose OF eaiosins
Industrial and Agricultural College. and,
WuEEESs. part OF this STATE is better calculated
s. advance this interest than Wavrs County; and
whereas. other public institutions literally dis
tributei in the North, South and West, ant central
PARTS thereof We citizens " sad county respect
fully ssk the Legislature - loes well - the location
Fl Richmond. before making l0cauau elsewhere.
Therefcrs ResaZrsf, That as tbs Richmond Hor-
ticuiturai Association, claim part the establish
ment Ct -aid CoiIege, il midst.
Rssrir<ti, That Richmond possesses more adTan-
tsScs for such Institution than any 0ler point, and
has greater claims 20 such ar Institution On behalf
II the Association, !. Z. RATLIgF, Pres
7. EsRRIses, Sec'y
The foI,oNire, euuumitsec sPpe:atsi 70 attend
she NESTING MONDAY e-ea;n-, sqF present i, viz
TrwuTErS HtEgfsoS, Il. STsAT-AS Svl3 IL. 7. RrEr
The u1sutsr. vi'o were Pr>ss-, then paid their
nasi sshzcrirtion Of tifty cents, 70 RI, Secretary
The PresSieat e1hi5Essl sore Cstawt1a wir1a OF good
quality, srj Csttvha ErIP,s from Taas, as wsH
scr7e aF,iss Y, I. TAyLos exhibited alps HccSeu.
fcil-u Bse5-ver, 80, 3. JoETssoS. R,x5urY Russet
'ciu1n; 70, frsr7 Qhc. o. az tga apple. were ex
siEssa fer nanac 3. STs.TT.< exhibited an Ev-lsh
rss.i'p &C .sl bocu1.
aa.sarasi e tss,. ss.ari,r, T.suarv. es.a, =.
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