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WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Committee on Publication have deemed it unnecessary 

 to burden this volume of Transactions with the Schedule of 

 Premiums for 1878. 



They also wish it to be distinctly understood that the Society 

 must not be held responsible for opinions or statements, in the 

 Essays now printed, which must depend, for verification, upon 

 the good faith and reputation of their respective authors. 



EDWARD W. LINCOLN, 



Chairman. 

 Horticultural Hall, 



January 12, A. D., 1878. 



