"284 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Very few of the Medals awarded in former years have ever come 

 back to the Society and it is of especial interest that this collection 

 will now find a permanent place in the library of the Society. 



Through the courtesy of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture several lots of horticultural 

 trade catalogues have been received which have proved desirable 

 additions to the library's collection of this material. 



William P. Rich, 



Secretary and Librarian. 



