1892.] FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 69 



William H. Spooner, President Mass. Horticultural Society. 

 James F. C. Hyde, Ex-President " " " 



William C. Strong, " « " " 



Francis Parkman, " " " '' 



John G. Massie, President Rhode Island " " 



Joseph H. Bourne, Ex " " " " " 



T. S. Gold, Secretary Conn, State Board of Agriculture, 

 Prosper J. Berckmans, President Am. Pomological Society. 

 Benjamin G. Smith, Treasurer " " " 



Charles S. Sargent, Editor Forest and Garden. 

 Linus Darling, Editor Massachtisetts Ploughman. 

 Adam W. Cheever, Editor Neio England Farmer. 

 Lieut.-Gov. William H. Haile, 

 Hon. John E. Russell. 

 Hon. Edward Burnett, 



President Parker, — No occasion like this would be complete 

 without the Mayor, Our present Mayor happens to be in full 

 sympathy with us, because, besides being a first-class mayor he is 

 a first-class farmer. It is hard to say whether he is a better 

 mayor or better farmer. I have the pleasure to present His 

 Honor Mayor Francis A. Harrington. 



Mayor Harrington, upon rising, was greeted with hearty ap- 

 plause. He said he rejoiced to be present at the golden anniver- 

 sary of the Society, and to bring the greetings of all citizens of 

 Worcester. In the long years of its useful life the Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society has builded for the good of the 

 whole community. It has taught the people the charming study 

 of flowers and the beauties of horticulture. All present would 

 join him in hoping that the members of the Society would con- 

 tinue to have full faith in the future of their organization. That 

 would mean, also, full faith in the future of the city of Worces- 

 ter. The fifty years' life of the Society meant fifty years of 

 honored service, of labor, of trial, of reverses and successes. 

 The anniversary means, too, that the Society had become a part 

 of the progress of this city, and when the wheels of time bring 

 about a similar anniversary, may it find the Society as proud of 

 its past as it is this evening. (Loud applause.) 



