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This brings us to the close of the second of the three 

 periods into which we have divided the exhibitions of 

 the Society, some of those of the next year having been 

 held in the new Horticultural Hall. We have often, 

 in the course of this chapter, spoken of the valuable 

 reports made from year to year by the different com- 

 mittees ; but it is due to the chairmen, upon whom 

 the duty of drawing up these reports generally devolved, 

 that some more particular mention of them should 

 be made, and especially of those of Joseph S. Cabot, 

 who filled the position of chairman of the Fruit Com- 

 mittee for nine years, and whose reports are distin- 

 guished by able and interesting discussions of various 

 subjects connected with fruit culture. Mr. Cabot was 

 also the first chairman of the Committee on Gardens, 

 and held that position for four years of the period in- 

 cluded in this chapter. The reports of Eben Wight, 

 who was chairman of the Fruit Committee for six years, 

 are interesting summaries of the annual progress in 

 this department. Edward S. Rand, jun., was chairman 

 of the Flower Committee for six years ; and his reports, 

 besides the record of newly exhibited plants, are en- 

 riched with many valuable papers by himself and others 

 on the cultivation of various plants. Joseph Breck was 

 chairman of the Flower Committee for six years, and 

 of the Committee of Arrangements for an equal time. 

 Francis Lymais. Winship and P. Brown Hovey each 

 served as chairman of the Committee of Arrangements 

 for five years. Daniel T. Curtis was chairman of the 

 Vegetable Committee for eight years, in each of which 

 he rendered a full and faithful report. The reports of 

 the Garden Committee by the chairmen and secretaries 

 were of much interest. To all the gentlemen named, 





