REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ARRANGE 

 MENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 



We spent considerable time on the premium list and then 

 your secretary and chairman supposed we had the proofs in 

 their best form, but in some instances they did not come out 

 as we expected. One of the errors seemed to be for the best 

 as our grape exhibit of Sept. 26th was a feature of our season's 

 exhibitions. 



A number of your committee feel that it might be well to 

 have some leading feature in many of our exhibitions. This 

 would make something special to call the public's attention to, 

 and there are many people who are especially interested in 

 some of our more common flowers, fruits and vegetables. 



Some of the committee believe that in one respect the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society is leading us and, while there is 

 some prejudice here, I hope that the time will come when some 

 of our larger exhibitions will be held on Saturday and carried 

 over Sunday. There are many people in this city who must go 

 somewhere every Sunday, and it would seem to me as though 

 there were few places that would be better for them to spend a 

 little while than at some of our exhibitions. 



Some of our members say that we should lose much of our 

 exhibits and that is probably so, but we claim to be working 

 for the good of Horticulture and should be willing to give those 

 members of our city who are busy during our regular exhibition 

 hours a chance to see some of our exhibitions. 



The committee at our last two exhibitions were brought to 

 realize how much we had depended on Mr. Putnam, but we 

 hope that by another summer things will be running smoothly 

 again. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. R. KINNEY, Chairman. 



