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best collection of vegetables and flowers from a school garden which 

 brought out keen competition. It was won this year by the Wil- 

 liam McKinley school of Brockton. 



A pleasing addition to the exhibition was an illustrated talk by 

 Miss M. R. Case on " A year in New England as seen by a camera," 

 which showed the children the beauty of the land in which they are 

 living. 



The Library. 



The catalogue of the library of which frequent mention has been 

 made in the Librarian's report in recent 3'ears has at last been com- 

 pleted and published. It is a quarto volume of 587 pages arranged 

 in two parts. Part 1 contains an alphabetical list of authors and 

 titles occupying 372 double-column pages and Part 2, a classified 

 arrangement under subject headings occupying 215 pages. It has 

 received highly complimentary notice from horticulturists in both 

 Europe and the United States. 



Mr. Warren H. Manning has presented to the library during the 

 year an interesting collection of horticultural trade catalogues 

 numbering several thousands which has not as yet been wholly 

 assorted and added to the already large collection of this material. 

 The additions this year of trade catalogues have been 691 making 

 the total number to January 1, 1922, 11,624. 



Additional Notes. 



While the details of the various exhibitions of the Society during 

 the year 1921 are fully set forth in the reports of the chairmen of 

 the several committees the Secretary will add a few observations 

 which may be worthy of record. 



The appropriations for prizes and gratuities have been the 

 largest for many years. The actual awards made, including med- 

 als, have been as follows : 



For plants and flowers, S9,707.02 



For fruits, 473.00 



For vegetables, 544.00 



For children's gardens, 307.00 



A total of $11,031.02 



