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setts Society wen^ pn^seiit October 15, and wen; our guests. 

 Their appreciation ol" our exhibition is best expressed by the 

 wish tliat they could take it as it was shown and })ut it into 

 their luill for th(nr clnysantheniuni exliibition of November 5, 

 6, 7 and 8; and their appreciation of our hospitality by saying 

 they always accept it w'hcni invited. 



The exhibits of fruits, flowers and vegetables were far above 

 the average, and the decorations of the hall itself were beautiful. 

 The stage w^as banked with palms and ferns, furnished by 

 Lange; and from the centre of the hall mammoth orchids were 

 suspended, from the conservatories of G. Marston Whitin, of 

 Whitinsville. 



Not having killing frost up to this date there were four hun- 

 dred vases of flowers shown, and F. L. Burt, of Taunton, 

 showed three hundred vases of dahlias. 



At 12:30 o'clock dinner was announced and the members 

 of the Society and their guests repaired to the banquet hall, 

 where the dmner was served. 



The guests were: Patrick Norton, Chairman of the garden 

 committee, and William P. Rich, Secretary of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society; J. Lew-is Ellsworth, Secretary of the 

 State Board of Agriculture; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wild of the 

 Blake estate, Brookline; George H. Sargent of The Boston 

 Transcript; John Ash of the Clark estate, Pomfret; H. P. 

 Kelsey, Boston; Judge L. A. Catlin, Woodstock, Conn.; George 

 S. Ladd, Master of the State Grange; and Mr. Scott of the 

 New England Educational League. 



After the dinner President Hadwen opened the exercises 

 with a few words of welcome, and reminiscences of the past 

 sixty years. 



Short addresses w^ere made by Judge Catlin, Secretary Rich, 

 George S. Ladd, Mr. Scott, H. P. Kelsey, J. Lewis Ellsworth, 

 George H. Sargent, John Ash, Henry Wild and Patrick Norton. 



I have had very few complaints this season of damage from 

 insects except San Jose scale. I have personally examined 

 every case that has been reported and have several cases that 

 I am watching carefully for future reports. 



