FOURTH 

 ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Anniversary of tire Massachusetts Horticultural Society wag 

 celebrated on the third of October. At noon a Discourse was 

 delivered, by Dr. Thaddeus William Harris, to the members of the 

 Society and a respectable and intelligent audience of ladies and gentle- 

 men, assembled at the Masonic Temple. 



The display of Fruits and Flowers in the Dining-Hall was much 

 superior to what could have been anticipated from a season so inau- 

 spicious as the present to their production. It seemed that neither 

 cold nor cholera could check the course of cultivation, nor prevent 

 the display of that dominion of mind over matter, which moderates 

 and modifies the untoward eccentricities of the elements, and gives 

 the vegetable productions of every climate to seasons and soils appar- 

 ently very unfit for their developement. 



The following are some of the donations of Fruits and Flowers, 

 which were presented for the festival. 



Jacob Tidd, Roxbury ; three very large clusters of Grapes, called 

 Horatio Grapes, the largest weighing 2 lbs. 13^ ozs. Mrs. Timothy 

 Bigelow, Medford ; two elegant Roman Cypress trees, Lemons, and 

 clusters of Lemons, weighing 3 lbs., 2 lbs. J 5 ozs., and 2 lbs. 6 ozs. 

 James Read, Esq., Roxbury ; unconmionly large Porter Apples, fine 

 Dahlias, Roses, &c. Thomas Whitmarsh, Esq., Brookline ; three fine 

 clusters of Hamburg Grapes, two baskets of Lady Pears, Dahlias, and 

 two fine clusters of St. Peter's Grapes. Enoch Bartlett, Esq., Roxbury; 

 very fine Bartlett and Capiaumont Pears ; Ribstone Pippin, Porter, and 

 Moody Apples; and Dahlias. David Haggerston, Charlestown ; 

 three baskets of beautiful Black Hamburg and White Sweet-Water 

 Grapes, a fine specimen of the Brugnon Nectarines, and a large and 

 very splendid collection of Dahlias. Elijah Vose, Esq., Dorchester; 

 superb Capiaumont Pears; Pine Apple, Green Citron, Nutmeg, and Rock 

 Melons; and large Water Melons. Madam Dix, Boston; splendid Dix 

 Pears. Perrin May, Esq., Boston ; very fine Black Hamburg, White 

 Sweet- Water, and Red Chasselas Grapes ; out-of-door culture. John 



