72 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1892. 



fladwen (applause), that he received his first training as a horti- 

 culturist. 



President Parker. — The name of Salisbury has been identified 

 with this Society from the beginning, and to Stephen Salisbury 

 the elder, the Society owes a lasting debt of gratitude for gener- 

 ous gifts upon two different occasions in time of need. I call 

 for a few words from his son, Ex-President Stephen Salisbury. 



Mr. Salisbury replied briefly to this sentiment, enlarging upon 

 the idea that, after all, they had been the truest benefactors of 

 the Society who had bestowed so freely and unselfishly of their 

 labor and time throughout its entire history. 



President J. Lewis Ellsworth was next called upon and 

 responded to a sentiment in honor of the Worcester Agricul- 

 tural Society. His remarks however, were uttered in such a low 

 tone, that the reporter failed to catch the full import. 



President Parker. — One of the first founders and the first 

 President of the Society was Dr. John Green. He was also the 

 munificent founder of another noble institution of which this 

 city is justly proud, our Free Public Library. Its Librarian 

 Samuel S. Green, Esq., is his nephew, and our guest. We 

 would be glad of a few words from him. 



Samuel S. Green. — Mr. President, there is a little love story 

 in the Old Testament which has always attracted me. A coun- 

 try maiden has been taken away from her home and sweetheart 

 and carried into the seraglio of King Solomon. She pines for 

 her lover and her former surroundings. Without yielding to 

 the temptations of luxury and glory she remains loyal to the 

 past ; and turning her thoughts backwards, and giving expression 

 to her love for her shepherd lover, exclaims : "As the apple 

 tree among the trees of the wood, so is my lover among the sons." 

 In the loneliness of her confinement in the harem and dwelling 

 upon the things in her past life that could give her consolation, 

 she cries, " Comfort me with apples." 



Mr. President, I do not think that the country maiden spoken 

 of in the Song of Solomon had a keener appreciation of the 



