WOlUESTElt COU NTY 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



5th January, A. D. iSgg. 



ESSAY 



BY 



O. B. HADWEN, Pijesident. 



Subject : — Review of Horticulture. 



It is .'I sijxnificant fact that the winter nieetin<»:s and summer 

 exhil)itions keep the members in touch with tlie advancement of 

 Horticulture. 



The Society's Library of upwards of 3000 volumes is the 

 second largest in Massachusetts. The books are among the 

 costliest and most valuable upon Horticulture, and have proved 

 of inestimable value to members. The library is also well 

 supplied with weekly and monthly publications of this and 

 foreign countries. Horticulturally speaking, the library is 

 full of leaves abounding with fruit and flowers. 



In its earliest history it was kept in the oflBce of Anthony 

 Chase, subsequently in the oflSce of Clarendon Harris, and, in 

 1852, was removed to its present location in Horticultural Hall. 



The Society was organized in 1840 and received its act of 

 incor[)orati()n in 1842. The first exhibition was October 13, 

 1840, largely through the efforts of William Lincoln, and it 

 l)roved as great a novelty as it did a great success. 



Of those who were recorded as exhibitors, Andrew H. Green 

 is the only one now living. 



The succeeding exhibitions were migratory until the comple- 

 tion of Horticultural Hall. When incorporated the Society was 



