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June ! Follow this, during the middle of July, with a compe- 

 tition between the other small fruits, and of the more conspicu- 

 ous flowers, including annuals and biennials, that will then be 

 at their best. From the 18th to the 20th of August, experience 

 has proved that you can safely count upon Antirrhinum, Aster, 

 Gladiolus, and Perennial Phlox ; and the earlier Peaches, Ap- 

 ples and Pears need not be left out of the reckoning. Septem- 

 ber can be omitted, if you choose, and such would seem to be 

 your choice, surrendering it to the combination of Societies that, 

 not content to run a Cattle-Fair, elect also to throw out a 

 drag-net for everything else. 



October would then remain for your especial Harvest-Home ; 

 when the choicest of all the more approved varieties of Fruit 

 have matured in size and flavor, and have become fit to be shown 

 before a Society that knows what such fruit ought to be and has 

 no wish to see it in any other condition. 



Of November, succeeding your Annual Meeting, and the first 

 month of our Horticultural year, has it not the Chrysanthemum, 

 solitary and unapproachable ! 



Should you conclude it to be a wiser policy, or even one that 

 may be expedient if merely for the sake of variety, to consoli- 

 date your Weekly into Monthly Exhibitions ; protracted into 

 the evenings, if found advisable; commencing, as just sug- 

 gested, with a display of Roses, Strawberries, &c., it may be 

 prudent to defer the framing of a Schedule until somewhere 

 toward the close of the coming Winter. By that time you will 

 be better informed of the means at your disposal ; and can de- 

 termine what proportion may be applicable to the advancement 

 and promotion of Horticulture, after proper allowance has been 

 made for the gradual reduction and seasonable extinguishment 

 of our just lial)ilities. 



All which is Respectfully Submitted 



[by] 



EDWARD WINSLOW LINCOLN, 



Secretary. 

 Tlorticullural Ilall^ 

 Worcefifer, MassochiiseUs, 



November 4th, A. D. 1891. 



