PREFACE. 



The Committee on Library and Publication regret the delay 

 which has so long deferred this issue. But accuracy was desir- 

 able before all ; and ha.ste became impossible when reports and 

 revision had to be secured from divers and remote sources. It 

 is believed that no errors will be detected that reasonable pre- 

 caution could prevent. 



The Committee would especially make public their deep sense 

 of obligation to the Publishers of the Wbrceste?' Daily Spy for 

 its very ample and elaborate account of the Semi Centennial 

 Celebration. The indebtedness of the Society to that newspa- 

 per, throughout the past fifty years, has been great, although 

 never permitted to become onerous. It is of bright augury for 

 the best interests of Horticulture in this flourishing county, that 

 the goodwill and sympathy of that excellent journal bid fair to 

 be continued. 



For the Committee, 



EDWARD WINSLOW LINCOLN, 



Chairman. 

 Horticultural Hall, 



Worcester, Massachusetts, 



September 1, A. D., 1892. 



