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ANNUAL EEPORT FOR THE YEAR 1920. 



INAUGURAL MEETING. 



The Inaugural Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for the year 1920 was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Saturday, January 10, at twelve o'clock, with President Endicott 

 in the Chair. 



The following Inaugural Address was delivered by the President: 



INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ENDICOTT. 



During the year the work of the Society has progressed along 

 its usual lines. The coming year will, I trust, enable the Society 

 to do work which will be of lasting value by giving ten exhibitions 

 in which money prizes are offered; by distributing silver and bronze 

 medals to children throughout the Commonwealth; by publishing 

 Part II of the Catalogue; and by issuing Bulletins from time to 

 time. 



Our Trustees voted to hold, during the year 1920, only six 

 exhibitions. For the great Orchid Show, to be held in March, 

 prizes amounting to $5000 have been offered, and an additional sum 

 of $2500 has been appropriated for the other five exhibitions. 

 Through the generosity of a member of the Society, SIOOO has been 

 offered for four exhibitions, which will be held during the summer 

 months, making in all ten exhibitions. Among young people, 

 interest in gardening has shown a tremendous increase, particularly 

 since the war. In order that such interest may receive further 

 encouragement, the Trustees, recognizing the importance of this 

 work, have voted to distribute fifty silver and fifty bronze medals 

 for the best gardens cultivated by children under eighteen years of 



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