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the number of contributors of fruits and flowers was 

 materially increased. The address was by Vice Presi- 

 dent Cook. 



The course pursued in subsequent years was similar 

 to that above described; and, as the exhibitions of 1829 

 and 1830 have been noticed somewhat at length, a less 

 extended account of the next three years' work will 

 suffice. 



The weekly shows already mentioned were held in 

 North Market Street; but early in May, 1831, the 

 Society removed to the more spacious rooms in Joy's 

 Building. The exhibitions of flowers continued, besides 

 the roses and dahlias, to be drawn mainly from the 

 hardy herbaceous perennials and shrubs; but the re- 

 ports show a decided increase in the exhibition of green- 

 house plants. Among the objects most worthy of notice 

 there were, on first day of the year, seven varieties of 

 camellias, from David Haggerston ; May 14, a splendid 

 specimen of Musa coccinea, from John Lowell ; June 4, 

 a bouquet of fifty-five varieties of Scotch roses, from 

 the Messrs. Winship ; June 25, a fine plant of Hoya 

 carnosa, from Mr. Haggerston; August 13, from Presi- 

 dent Dearborn, the first specimens ever shown of the 

 Dearborn's Seedling pear; August 27, a fine plant of 

 Maranta zebrina, from N. Davenport, and a cocoanut 

 tree, from B. H. Norton; October 15, from William 

 Prince of Flushing, N.Y., "fruits called shaddocks." 

 The weekly shows were opened to visitors at eleven 

 o'clock, and it was requested that specimens intended 

 for premium or exhibition should be upon the stands or 

 tables as early as ten. 



The anniversary address was in the Athenaeum Lec- 

 ture Room, by Malthus A. Ward of Salem, Professor 



