64 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1897. 



where he said he had ten tliousand ealla lilies then in bloom. But at 

 his home garden he showed us many plants of great interest. Among 

 them was a red poppy with its petals silver lined, and a ealla lily the 

 blossom of which was a beautiful yellow. Other eallas not then in 

 bloom were of different colors. These, I think, came from Africa 

 and the bulbs are valued at $100, and even more each. He continues 

 to have much interest in our society, spoke of the members wlio have 

 long been identified with it and inquired particularly about our 

 honored President. 



Mk. Paukku. — The time for pronouncing the benediction has come 

 and I will call on one of the original charter members, Lieut. Samuel 

 Hathaway. 



Lieut. Samuel Hathaway. — I stand here as a representative 

 of the original members of the Society, and somewhere in this 

 audience there is another gentleman, H. H. Chamberlin. In the hall 

 below, hanging near the chandelier, are the portraits of Gov, Levi 

 Lincoln and Daniel W. Lincoln, and soon there will hang another 

 whom we all know, our honored Secretary and the great Park-Com- 

 missioner of this city, Edward Winslow Lincoln. But he has gone to 

 join that throng of illustrious names. Men toil and strive and give 

 the strength of youth and manhood to make a name. His memory is 

 very great in the hearts of the community. There are hardly a half- 

 score of the original members of 1842, and soon they will turn their 

 toes up to the daisies. 



Men die, but God's truths survive ; 



FloAvers fade, and fruits decay; 

 But nature on them thrive 



Fresh blossoming day by day. 



Golden grain, fruits and flowers, 



Of life's richest treasures are; 

 They bask in Eden's bowers, 



They were all God planted there. 



Oh let us then, plant and sow 



Virtue's grains, beauty's flowers, 

 And may they to the harvest grow 



In these grateful hearts of ours. 



The formal exercises were brought to a close at half-past nine 

 o'clock. The festivity of music and dancing was continued by the 

 younger members of the Society and their friends until a much later 

 hour. 



