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town hall was enlarged that year, and the principal hall was placed upon the 

 upper floor, thereby driving the Horticultural Society out of its former 

 quarters. The Old South parish extended its church some thirty feet or 

 more to the southward in 1835. It is quite possible that if that work was 

 going on in October, 1841, the extension was covered in, but not yet incor- 

 porated into the auditorium of the church. If so it would have been adapted 

 to the uses of the Society. 



I must apologize for the length of this letter, which is greater by far than 

 I intended when I began to write. I am, dear sir, very truly yours, 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



The Secketary. — Turn what page you will of onr history as a 

 Society, you will surely find the name of Green. Whether it be 

 Dr. John Green, our first President, Judge William N. Green, 

 who found leisure in the intervals of meting out justice to 

 hardened sinners, to render proper award in our service ; of the 

 younger scion of the family who, counted among our earlier ex- 

 hibitors, has lived to achieve in wider fields the palm for eminent 

 fidelity and usefulness among the very first citizens of our com- 

 mercial metropolis ; "by their fruits ye shall know them." I have 

 the pleasure of reading a reply to your invitation from Hon. 

 Andrew H. Green, for years Comptroller of New York; for yet 

 a longer term Cliairman of the Board of Park Commission- 

 ers of that city ; who took active part in our early shows, and 

 who maintains a lively interest in the efforts and prosperity of 

 the Society. 



HON. ANDREW H. GREEN. 



New York, Feb. 12, 1892. 

 My Dear Mr. Lincoln : I have your invitation for the fiftieth anniversary of 

 the Horticultural Society, and thank you for your kind remembrance. My 

 engagements are such that it is quite impossible for me to accept with assur- 

 ance that I could keep the appointment. It would be a great pleasure to be 

 with you, and I regret to be constrained to forego that opportunity. With my 

 compliments to your colleagues on the committee, and with sincere expres- 

 sions of appreciation for your long, unselfish and intelligent devotion to the 

 public interests of Worcester, I am cordially yours, 



ANDREW H. GREEN. 



The Secretary. — Among the Pomologists of the country, it 

 may be doubted if John J. Thomas has known a superior. It is 

 certain that his equal cannot be named since Marshall P. Wilder 

 and Patrick Barry were subpcenaed upon that jury which is to de- 

 termine, once for all, what really was the forbidden fruit ! Our 



