REPORT 



SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WINDOW GARDENING. 



By Mrs. H. L. T. WOLCOTT, Secretary, 



At the meeting of the Society, held on the 2d of March, the 

 following communication was read b}^ the President : — 



" The undersigned, interested in advancing a practical taste for 

 horticulture, especially among the children of the laboring classes, 

 desire that the Massachusetts Horticultural Society shall offer 

 prizes for Window Gardening, and conduct all the business of 

 advertising, exhibiting, and awarding prizes. 



RuFus Ellis. 

 Henry W. Foote. 

 C. A. Bartol." 



In response to this request, a special committee, consisting of 

 the Standing Committee on Plants and Flowers, with Mrs. H. L. 

 T. Wolcott, Mrs. E. M. Gill, and Mrs. C. N. S. Horner, was 

 appointed to carry out the object sought. The first meeting of this 

 Committee was held in the Library room, on Thursda}^, March 7th, 

 at noon. 



Ignorance as to the best methods to achieve success was the first 

 obstacle in the path of the Committee ; therefore the ladies at 

 whose suggestion the request had been made, were asked to attend 

 and more fully explain their plans. After a short discussion it 

 was decided to follow the course the experience of the Society had 

 approved, and to offer prizes and gratuities for plants grown in 

 windows, the Society not to be in any way responsible for any 

 expenditure of mone3^ At an adjourned meeting, a sub- committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. Spooner, Ross, and Hitchings, with Mrs. 



