8th February, A. D. 1899. 

 ANNUAL REUNION AND SOCIAL GATHERING. 



59x11 Anniversary of Organization and 

 57th of Incorporation. 



Reception Committee, President O. B. Hadvven, Secretary 

 A. A. Hixon, Col. Samuel E. Winslow, Calvin L. Hai'tfhorn, 

 Maj. F, G. Stiles, Hon. Nathaniel Paine, Charles Greenwood, 

 Frederick H. Chamberlain, Frederick A. Blake of Rochdale, 

 Hon. Henry L. Parker, H. F. A. Lange, John C. Maclnnes, 

 A. Swan Brown, Hon. F. A. Harrington, Hon. Ellery B. 

 Crane, Prof. C. F. Hodge, Joseph Jackson, Henry B. Watts 

 and John B. Bowker. 



The guests and members began to assemble at six o'clock and 

 they were welcomed by the reception committee in the library 

 room, where the distinguished personages assembled, the rest 

 gathering in the main hall, where Bicknell's Orchestra played a 

 concert. 



At 6.30 President Hadwen and Henry L. Parker, toastmas- 

 ter for the evening, took their places at the head of the long 

 column of people and marched up the stairs to the banquet 

 room above, where C. S. Yeaw served the supper. The speak- 

 ers and guests of honor took seats at a table along the north 

 side and the other tables, at right angles to this, were lilled by 

 the main body of the company, which overflowed into the ante- 

 rooms. 



PRESIDENT 0. B. HADWEN 

 l)egan the after-dinner exercises with a welcome to members 

 and guests. He gracefully drew a picture of the place Hor- 

 ticulture and its kindred arts have played in civilization. 



