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records often obscure has required much time and labor, and 

 unwearied application, and to him is due the credit of bring- 

 ing the history to its present form. The work meets the ap- 

 proval of the Committee of Publication, and they believe will 

 be received with favor by the members of the Society and 

 the public at large. 



With the above account of the origin and progress of the 

 work it is now offered as a simple and truthful record of 

 the history of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and 

 as a contribution to the history of American horticulture. 



WILLIAM C. STRONG, 



A. B. MUZZEY, 



E. LEWIS STURTEVANT, 



Committee of Publication. 



