At the Annual Meeting of the Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society, holden on Wednesday, November 5th, A. D. 

 1890, on motion of O. B. Hadweu, it was Voted that so much 

 of the Report of the Secretary as relates to the matter of a 

 celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Corporate Exist- 

 ence of the Society, be referred to a Committee of seven (7) 

 inclusive of the President and Secretary, whose duty shall be 

 to consider and report in what manner the Society can l)est 

 celebrate such occasion. The Chair took time to select said 

 Committee. 



Subsequently, on March 12th, A. D. 1891, the President, 

 formally notified the Secretary of his selection of the following 

 gentlemen to constitute the Committee, viz. : 



Obadiah B. Hadwen, Chainnan, 



George E. Francis, 



William T. Merrifield, 



Stephen Salisbury, 



James Draper, 

 the President and Secretary being INIembers by the original vote 

 of the Society. 



And thereafter, at the Annual Meeting of the Society, on the 

 4th day of November, A. D. 1891, Chairman Hadwen made 

 report of progress and asked that the Committee be con- 

 tinued, which was accorded. 



He also submitted the subjoined votes : 



1st, That the Society will celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary 

 of its Corporate Existence, on March 3d, A. D. 1892, by 

 Literary Exercises and a Banquet : 



2d, That eminent Horticulturists from other Societies be 

 invited as guests : 



