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WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



[1867 



ANNUAL REPORT 



OF 



EDWARD W. LINCOLN, Secretary and Librarian. 



To the Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society : 



The number of contributors and of the entries made by them at the Annual 

 Autumnal Exhibition in 1837, is herewith submitted for information and 

 record, in connection with a similar comparative statement for the two years 

 preceding: — 



18G7. 



H 



18G6. 



O 



W 



18G5. 



O 



W 



Apples, 



Pears, 



Grapes, Peaches, &:c. 

 Flowers, Plants, &c.. 

 Vegetables, 



51 

 65 

 50 

 32 



18 



21 6 2511 



568 

 621 

 138 

 929 

 255 



27 

 52 

 34 

 32 

 41 



186 



262 

 445 

 92 

 214 

 296 



1309 



30 



71 

 50 

 18 

 38 



207 



205 

 660 

 181 

 476 

 492 



2014 



The gross receipts at the Annual Autumnal Exhibition, were in 



The official year that has just elapsed was one of unexampled prosperity. 

 Whether we take into consideration the accession of Members, the constant 

 use of the Library, or the popularity of our Exhibitions, as manifested by the 

 patronage bestowed upon them ; there can be no question that, in each and all of 

 those departments which come within the province of the Society, the success of 

 its operations is unprecedented in its history. Details that properly constitute 

 no part of this Report are necessarily embraced within its scope upon the pre- 

 sent occasion. In the unforeseen and pi'olonged absence of the President, a 

 portion of his duties have devolved upon others. Not the least important or 

 interesting of these will be that of explaining the actual financial position of 

 the Spciety ; a labor all the more cheerfully assumed, in that, the burthen 

 which has heretofore oppressed the Corporation has been so sensibly alleviated. 



