REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1877. 



The Committee of Arrangements of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society would respectfully submit the following report : 



Meetings of the Committee have been held at stated times during 

 the 3'ear to consider their duties in connection with the Rose and 

 Strawberry Shows in June, and the Annual Exhibition of the 

 Society in September. At one of the meetings called in the early 

 part of the season, Sub-Committees consisting of members of the 

 Flower, Fruit, and Vegetable Committees were appointed for the 

 purpose of having the tables properly arranged for the reception of 

 Plants, Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables from the growers ; a duty 

 which has been performed to the satisfaction of all parties, if we 

 may judge from the expressions of approval from exhibitors and 

 others. 



To make a report of the entries of Fruits, Flowers, and Vege- 

 tables contributed to the several exhibitions would seem to be one 

 of the duties of this Committee, but as this work has been fully 

 and faithfully accomplished by the Chairmen of the several Com- 

 mittees, it would only be a useless repetition for the Committee of 

 Arrangements to undertake to perform what has already been 

 so well done. A full report of the action of the Committee 

 would fail to be of very much interest, consisting as it does of 

 much detail work, such as the arranging of the halls, seeing that 

 proper places are assigned to the exhibitors, looking after the 

 advertising and the printing of tickets, and seeing that the ex- 

 hibitions are fully noticed and reported by the newspapers, which 

 the Committee have done during the year 1877, as at all times in 

 the past, to the best of their ability. No pains have been spared 

 by the Committee to make the exhibitions a success, and a credit to 

 the Society and to sustain its high standing in the community. 



CHAS. H. B. BRECK, Cliairman. 

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