REPORTS, 



FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1854. 



The Fifteenth Anxual Exhibition was held in the Hall of 

 the Society, on the 27th, 28th, and 29th, of September, 1854. Great 

 interest was manifested by the large number of the Members, and 

 the Friends of Horticulture, who thronged the Hall, to study as well 

 as to admire the beautiful collection. In the evening of Thursday,, 

 the second day of the Show, the meeting of the Society, to receive 

 the Reports of the Committees on Premiums, took place, and was 

 fully attended. The President, Mr. Salisbury, introduced the busi- 

 ness by a brief address, in which he gaVe such an account of the 

 Exhibition and the condition of the Society as he was able to offer, 

 while the most important business of the year was in progress. 



The following is the substance of his address, with amendments 

 rendered necessary by the state of facts at the close of the Exhibition. 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



The President commenced by remarks on the different depart- 

 ments of the Exhibition, which, in compliance with his wish, are 

 not repeated here, because the Reports of the Committees which follow 



