FIRST 

 ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The first Anniversary of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held on Saturday the 19th Sept. at the Exchange 

 Coffee House, under the n)ost promising auspices, and in a 

 manner truly gratifying to its friends. The dining-hall was very 

 tastefully ornamented with festoons of flowers suspended from 

 the chandeliers ; and the tables were loaded with orange trees in 

 fruit and flower; (from Mr. Lowell's green-house;) a large 

 variety of Mexican Georginas of uncommon size and beauty ; 

 (from Air. Pratt and others;) a splendid collection of roses and 

 other choice flowers; (from Mr. Aspinwall of Brookline ;) a 

 fine specimen of the India rubber tree, (from Mr. Belknap of 

 this city,) interspersed with large boquets of beautiful flowers, 

 and numerous baskets of grapes, peaches, pears, melons, apples, 

 &.C. tfcc. The arrangement of the decorations was made by 

 Mrs. Z. Cook, Jr. and Misses Downer, Haven, Tuttle, and 

 Cook, of Dorchester, assisted by Mr. Haggerston of Charles- 

 town, and Messrs Senior and Adamson of Roxbury. 



The address before the Society and others, was delivered in 

 the picture gallery of the Athenaeum, at three o'clock, by the 

 President, Gen. Dearborn. He gave an interesting and com- 

 prehensive view of the origin and progress of Horticulture ; its 

 various branches ; its effects in multiplying and enriching the 

 fruits of the earth ; and alluded to the promoters and benefactors 

 of the art ; to the formation and beneficial labors of Horticultural 

 Societies ; and to their prospects of increasing usefulness. 



Among the fruits presented, were two baskets of uncommonly 

 fine grapes and pears from Wm. Dean of Salem ; a basket of 

 superior peaches and grajies from S. G. Perkins of Brookline ; 

 fine fruits, (including a single bunch of grapes weighing three 

 pounds,) from Mr. Lowell ; a basket of fine sweet water-grapes 



