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fruit and vegetable gardens were located in the best 

 manner ; the cultivation was thorough and clean ; and 

 the whole place was admirably managed. The commit- 

 tee alluded to the interesting recollections of the Revo- 

 lution clustering around the place, and making it worthy 

 of all that the owner was doing to improve and beau- 

 tify it. 



At Newton Cemetery the committee noticed the same 

 simple yet elegant taste, and the same careful attention, 

 which they had observed at their visits in 1872 and 

 1875. The greenhouses had been much enlarged dur- 

 ing the summer, so as to provide a greater number of 

 plants to beautify the new lots purchased. 



The Committee on Publication and Discussion re- 

 ported that, in accordance with the purpose expressed 

 by them a year previously, they had procured lectures by 

 Professor George L. Goodale of Harvard University, on 

 the Fertilization and Cross Fertilization of Plants ; Pro- 

 fessor Levi Stockbridgc of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, on Fertilizers ; B. Pickman Mann, on 

 Entomology, and Byron D. Halsted of the Busscy Institu- 

 tion, on Injurious and other Fungi. These lectures were 

 received with general interest, and led to discussions 

 which continued from week to week. Other discussions 

 were held, suggested by prize essays which were read, 

 or by objects exhibited. The committee thought it evi- 

 dent that the researches of scientific investigators, as 

 presented in the lectures, were both interesting and ser- 

 viceable to the members of the Society, and that there 

 would be mutual advantage from this close comparison 

 of theory and experience. They therefore purposed 

 during the coming season to intersperse lectures, prize 

 essays, and discussions, as they had in the year just 

 passed. 



