28 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1865. 



21. Transactions of the Illinois Horticultural Society, 1863; 8vo. ; from 

 W. C. Flagg, Secretary, in exchange for " Transactions." 



22. Dean's New England Farmer, or Geological Dictionary ; 1 vol. 8vo. ; 

 boards ; from Jolin Milton Earlc ; printed at ^V' orcester, by Isaiah Thomas, in 

 1797. (Duplicate.) 



23. Revue Horticole, 18G4 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Imported. 



24. Saunders' Domestic Poultry ; 12mo. ; pamphlet. Purchased. 



25. Sixteenth Annual Report of the Commissioners of New York Central 

 Park; Hon. \Vm. N. Green. 



26. Seventh Annual Report of the Commissioners of New York Central 

 Park; Hon. Wm. N. Green. 



27. Eighth Annual Report of the Commissioners of New York Central 

 Park ; Hon. Wm. N. Green. 



28. Florist and Pomologist, 1864 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Imported. 



29. Journal of Horticulture, 1864 ; 1 vol. 8vo. Imported. 



30. Journal of Horticulture, 1864; 1 vol. 8vo. Imported. 



As respects the total increment, the opinion of your Librarian is, that both 

 in form and substance it is superior to that of any preceding year, whereof re- 

 cord has been preserved. 



The Librarian once more invites your attention to a liberality, heretofore well 

 attested, and depicted on our walls : Mr. Edward Earle, to whom the Society 

 has been so much indebted for an interest, that it is to be hoped he will not 

 allow the board ot Alien Commissioners wholly to alien-ate from us, generous- 

 ly donated, a copy of the costly, elaborate and valuable work of Dr. Trimble ; 

 the Librarian is thereby enabled to retain one copy for consultation by mem- 

 bers, while another is released for circulation. 



Judge Wm. N. Green has also enriched us by the gift of the three latest re- 

 ports of the Commissioners of the Central Park of New York, of which publi- 

 cation it is to be regretted that we possess but desultory numbers. Let us trust 

 that the Comptroller of that board of Commissioners, to whose ability and taste 

 that Park owes so much of its accredited development will not forget that he 

 may attribute some of his horticultural education, as well as of his faculty for 

 landscape development to the thorough culture of his native county and to the 

 charming scenery in which he was " to the manner born." 



The Commonwealth professes great concern for the morals of its inhabitants. 

 To secure ihein from depravement, it organizes a cohort of veterans and expends 

 sums of money, — untold, — yet to be counted by-and-by. But meanwhile it 

 overlooks the depredations to which the property of its citizens is subjected, 

 who, — more especially the members of this Society, — find not even the reputed 

 ashes of the Dead Sea left of their apples. Squashes have been robbed (not 

 rob{b)in\l,) throughout the city of Worcester. If grapes and pears suffered, 

 consult Dr. S. P. Miller, — as sound upon that theme as upon the teeth which 

 are essential to their mastication. Mr. Charles Richardson early and seasona- 

 bly reported the considerate kindness of his friends who left him three (3) 



