STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Q 



The next meeting of the American Pomologiral Society is to be 

 held in the Uity of Boston Every effort will he made by our sister 

 states to be fully represented by their Horticultural products on that 

 occasion. 



State aid has been successfully evoked upon similar occasions by 

 Kansas and other states. 



To be fully represented would cost too much for individual effort, 

 and should be done under the auspices of this So( iety and paid for out 

 of its treasury. 



The custom of leaving the appointment of committees in the hands 

 of the executive board has hitherto ])revailed, but I have thought, since 

 brought in immediate connection with this practice, that it had better be 

 done during the session by the delegates and members from the several 

 fruit sections of the .State. 



It may not be j)remature, in view of the importance of the occasion 

 to call your attention to the International Exhibition to be held in Phil- 

 adelphia in 1876. 



The sub)e< t embraces too much of importance to be more than 

 alluded to in this connection. 



I call your attention also to the fact that very many railway com- 

 panies utterly refuse any concession to parties attending our annual 

 meetings. There are some noble exceptions to this short-sighted prac- 

 tice, and these roads I would recommend to your favorable consideration 

 for the liberal course pursued by them. 



You, as members of this Association, leave your business, give your 

 time and means and many hours of thought, all for the cause of Horti- 

 culture ; no thought of pecuniary advantage (for none is possible) urges 

 you on in this matter, but solely the extension of knowledge in the pur- 

 suit of Horticulture ; the awakening of public interest and the develop- 

 ment of resources which now in a great degree lie dormant. As these 

 resources are developed, so does the railway traffic in that direction in- 

 crease. It would seem that as we work for, less than nothing and find 

 ourselves ; as the benefits of our labors are fully shared by the railruads, 

 that they could well afford to lessen their rates for the general good. 



All associations looking to the advancement and develoi)ment of 

 Horticulture should be recognized. 



If of a national character, we should be represented by delegates; 

 if local in character, by extending such aid and assistance- as will enable 

 them to widen their influence and give the results of their meetings to 

 the general public. 



Our connection with such bodies must however, be general and 

 universal, and not special. 



Allow me to congratulate you upon the i)rogress made in the cause 

 of pojnilar education in our common schools since our last meeting, by 

 the introduction of the natural sciences, and the issuance of primary 

 books exj)lanatory and aiding to their understanding. 



Some changes in the Constitution will be needed to meet the pro- 

 posed changes in our organization. 



