REPORT 



OF THE 



Committee of Arrangements, 



FOR THE3 YEAR 1878. 



The Committee of Arrangements of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Societ}' would respectfully submit the following report : — 



The weekly exhibitions during the past year have been of great 

 interest, and, in point of excellence, equal to any the Society has 

 ever held in the past. They were fuUj^ attended, not only by 

 members, but by large numbers of the public generally. 



The Annual Rose Show, and the Exhibition of Strawberries, 

 Cherries, and Early Vegetables, in June, were quite equal, if not 

 superior, to an}' heretofore held. These also were crowded with 

 visitors who expressed much satisfaction with the exquisite displa}^ 

 of rare flowers, and the choice specimens of early fruits and vege- 

 tables. These exihibitiqus, like the weekly ones, were free. 



The Annual Exhibition of the Society, in September, was every- 

 thing that could be wislied. Both the quantity and quality of the 

 vegetables, fruits, plants, and flowers, were as fine as of an}' ever 

 exhibited, and afforded much pleasure and satisfaction, not onl}' to 

 members of the Society, but to many of the public. The arrange- 

 ment of the halls was in charge of sub-committees appointed from 

 the Committees on Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables, who performed 

 their duties most acceptably ; in fact, nothing was left undone that 

 it was thought would make the exhibition successful ; it was well 

 advertised, and ver}' fully noticed b}^ the newspapers, and nothing- 

 was omitted whereby we could obtain a large attendance. 



When we hear and read of the enthusiasm and financial success 

 attending the exhibitions of the horticultural societies of other 

 cities, we can but feel gratified, knowing as we do that the germs 

 of most of them grew out of our own societ}', and that the}' were 



