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quality. The show of grapes, though not equal to that 

 of many previous seasons, was good. Stephen Underhill 

 of Croton Point, N.Y., exhibited several hybrid seedling 

 grapes ; and the Walter was shown by Ferris & Cay- 

 wood of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 



The exhibition of vegetables was one of the finest 

 and most extensive ever made by the Society. A prom- 

 inent feature was the numerous and fine collections of 

 potatoes, embracing all the popular varieties in culti- 

 vation. Albert Bresee exhibited four seedlings raised 

 from the same seed ball as the Early Rose. This vari- 

 ety was shown by a large number of growers. 



The report of the Committee on Gardens was of more 

 than usual interest, the year having shown a very man- 

 ifest progress in this department. The committee re- 

 ported visits to Mount Hope Cemetery ; to the grounds 

 of Edward S. Rand, jun., where the show of standard 

 rhododendrons and kalmias was admirable, and the col- 

 lection of native plants unequalled ; to the grounds of 

 ex-president Joseph Breck at Brighton ; and, on the 

 same day, to the grounds of W. C. Strong in the same 

 town, where they were shown an interesting experiment 

 in the propagation of the potato, a field of four acres 

 having been planted from six pounds of the Early Rose, 

 and where they examined the ". hillside greenhouse " 

 lately erected by Mr. Strong. They also visited at this 

 time the extensive pear orchard of Henry P. Kendrick 

 in Brighton. Later in the season they paid a visit to 

 W. C. Harding, in Boston Highlands, where they wit- 

 nessed an example of subtropical gardening, the grounds 

 being decorated with aloes and the sago palm, in view 

 from the windows of the mansion, while here and there 

 were fine specimens of Caladium bicolor, C. esculen- 



