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these statements is abundantly shown 

 in the markets of New England and in 

 the great demand for seeds, plants, fruit 

 and ornamental trees, not to mention the 

 multitudinous utensils employed in their 

 culture. The number of florists, and the 

 fine display made in their store windows, 

 with the numerous venders in the public 

 streets, testify to the increased love for 

 flowers among the public. 



The vast quantities of fruit which have 

 lately been brought into New Kngland, 

 not only from the Southern and Western 

 States, but from foreign countries, and the 

 methods by which much is preserved by 

 refrigeration and by other processes, may 

 be attributed to the necessity of supply- 

 ing wants to which all classes of the 

 people have now become habituated, and 

 which have resulted from the apprecia- 

 tion of good fruit which was unknown to 

 the early settlers, and due to the skilful 

 efforts of past members of our Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



One of its former presidents, who is 



