14th March, A. D. 1906. 



ANNUAL REUNION AND SOCIAL 

 GATHERING. 



65th Annivebsaey of Organization and 

 63cl OF Incorporation. 



An informal reception was held from 5.30 to 6.30 under the 

 direction of President Had wen, assisted by James W. Stock- 

 well, J. Lewis Ellsworth, Fred. A. Blake, Fred. H. Chamber- 

 lain, Charles Greenwood, George Calvin Rice, Walter D. Ross, 

 James Draper, Arthur J. Marble and Secretary A. A. Hixon, 

 after which the company marched to the banquet hall above. 

 At the guests' table were: President O. B. Hadwen, Mayor 

 Duggan ; Carroll D. Wright, President of Clark College; Rev. 

 C. B. Elder; Dr. George M. Twitchell, of Maine; William P. 

 Rich, Secretary of the ^Massachusetts Horticultural Society; 

 Prof. Card, Rhode Island Agricultural College ; J. K. Green; 

 Ledyard Bill, President Worcester Agricultural Society; CD. 

 Richardson, Master of the Massachusetts State Grange ; Mrs. 

 S. Ella Southland, J. K. Greene, E. C.Powell, James Draper 

 and Secretary A. A. Hixon. 



President called upon Rev. C. B. Elder to say grace. 



After a bountiful dinner served by C. S. Yeaw, President 

 Hadwen called to order at seven forty-five and welcomed the 

 guests and members. 



The past year with twenty-seven exhibitions, with two exhi- 

 bitions for the products of the children's gardens, ten meetings 

 for lectures and discussions has largely contributed to the 

 advancement of our Society. We are now standing fully in 

 the field of scientific and practical horticulture, and while the 

 future field is comparatively measureless, it will ever stretch 



