OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEES 



The Worcester County Horticultural Society, 



FOR I 8 65 - 



PRESIDENT : 



J. HENRY HILL, of Worcester. 



VICE PRESIDENTS : 



PAUL WHITIN, of Whitinsville ; JOHN MILTON EARLE, of Worcester 

 FRANCIS H. DEWEY, of Worcester. 



SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN: 



EDWARD W. LINCOLN, of Worcester. 



TREASURER : 



FREDERICK W. PAINE, of Worcester. 



TRUSTEES: 



Worcester. Samuel P. Champney, 



Stephen Salisbury, 

 George Jaques, 

 Wtn. T. Merrifield, 

 Edwin Draper, 

 Samuel H. Colton, 

 Emory Banister, 

 John C. Ripley, 

 Edward C. Stebbins, 

 Henry Woodward, 

 Ivers Phillips, 

 Thomas W. Ward, 

 Jonathan D. Wheeler 



Saundersville. 

 Worcester. 



D. Waldo Lincoln, 



Edward Earle, " 



Benjamin Butman, " 



William N. Green, " 



William Workman, " 



Jonathan Grout, " 



Obadiah B. Hadwen, *' 



Henry Phelps, " 



George A. Chamberlain, " 



Shrewsbury. J. Frank. Allen, " 



Grafton. Harvey Dodge, Wilkinsonville. 

 Josiah L. Woodward, Millbury. 

 auditors: 

 SAMUEL H. COLTON, EMORY BANISTER, Worcester. 



STAivDiivG c:o3im;ittedes. 



On Horticultural Hall. — D. Waldo Lincoln, Edwin Draper, 0. B. Hadwen. 



On Publication and Liljrarii. — President, J. Henz-y Hill ; Secretary and 

 Librarian, Edward W. Lincoln ; Jonathan Grout. 



On Synonymes. — John Milton Earle, Samuel H. Colton, D. Waldo Lincoln. 



OJ" Arrangements. — Edwin Draper, Chairman ; The President and Secretary, 

 ex-officio ; Henry Phelps, Jonathan Grout, 0. B. Hadwen, Emory Banister, 

 Joseph Lovell. 



On Apples. — Stephen S. Foster, Chairman ; Samuel H. Colton, J. Frank. 

 Allen, Rufus Woodward, of Worcester; Newell Wood, of Millbury; Samuel 

 A. Knox, of Grafton. 



On Flowers. Plants, d'r. — Charles A. Chase, Chairman ; James L. Burbank, 

 George Chandler, D. S. Messenger, of Worcester; and Jonathan D. Wheeler, 

 of Grafton. 



On Grapes, Peaches, d'c. — George Jaques, Chairman ; John Milton Earle. 

 Benjamin Butman, Edward S. Stebbins, John C. Ripley, of VA'orcester; and 

 Paul Whitin, of Whitinsville. 



On Pears. — George F. Hoar, Chairman ; Henry Phelps, F. H. Dewey, 

 Edward Earle, and D. Waldo Lincoln, of Worcester. 



On Vegetables. — Edwin Conant, Chairman ; Stephen Salisbury ; Oliver K. 

 Earle, Thomas R. Norcross, James Green, Josiah L. Woodward, of Worcester. 



S^^The Annual Autumnal Exhibition will be held on the 19th, 20th, '21st 

 and 22d of September, commencing at 6 P. M., on the 19th. 



