SECOND 

 AIVNIVERSARY FESTIVAL 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Second Anniversary of tlie Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety was celebrated on Friday, the 10th of September, at the Ex- 

 change Coffee House, in a very splendid manner, notwithstanding 

 the unpropitious state of the weather for several days previous, which 

 it was feared would prevent so handsome a display of fruits as was 

 made last year. The dining hall was very tastefully ornamented 

 with festoons and vases of flowers, and the table loaded with nu- 

 merous baskets of beautiful peaches, grapes, pears, melons, apples, 

 &c., arranged in a very chaste and appropriate manner. Much 

 credit is due to the public spirit of E. Edwards, Esq., of Spring- 

 field, Mass., a member of the Society, who, in addition to the pleasure 

 his own company gave at the dinner table, enriched it with ten 

 baskets of beautiful peaches, plums, and pears, the produce of his 

 own and his neighbors' gardens. The trellis of grapes, raised in 

 the open air by Mr Fosdick, of Charlestown, excited much atten- 

 tion. The Hall of the Exchange was literally crowded with visiters 

 from 12 to 2 o'clock. 



The Society was favored with an eloquent and interesting Ad- 

 dress, by Z. Cook, Jr., Esq., of Dorchester, at the Lecture Room 

 at the Athenaeum, at 11 o'clock, A. M. 



Among the fruits presented, were baskets of very fine Esperione 

 and Black Hamburg Grapes, from Wm. De.\n, of Salem ; from J* 



