TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



1910, PART I. 



INAUGURAL MEETING. 



The Inaugural Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for the year 1910 was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Saturday, January 1, at twelve o'clock, noon. 



President Stephen M. Weld presided and opened the meeting 

 with the delivery of the following inaugural address: 



Inaugural Address of President Weld. 

 To the Members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society: 



For the fourth time I appear before you to give an account of the 

 doings of your Society for the past year, and to fill, to the best of my 

 ability, the position you have honored me with as your President 

 for the fourth time. 



I am glad to be able to state to you that this last year we have 

 turned the corner and shown quite a profit in receipts over expendi- 

 tures. It inaugurates, I hope, a new departure, as since entering 

 our new building in 1901 this is the first time our receipts have been 

 more than our expenditures. The change and getting used to our 

 new quarters caused many expenses and diverted many visitors 



