EEPORT OF THE EDITOR. 



The recent establishment of the office of Editor seemed to re- 

 quire a year ago a full report of the doings of the previous year, 

 but the similarity of duties makes it inevitable that the report 

 of this year should be to a great extent a repetition of that of the 

 last. 



The making of notes of the discussions, the after writing out 

 and submitting to the revision of the various speakers, the 

 preparation of the other matter contained in our Transactions 

 for the press, and the superintendence of the printing, have, as last 

 year, been the chief labors properly coming under the head of 

 editorial. It will be noticed that our publications have increased 

 in size, with a corresponding increase in the work of preparation. 



The full reports of the weekly and annual exhibitions have been 

 continued in the " Evening Transcript," and to these have been 

 added brief notices of the meetings for discussion. 



The number of specimens of fruit presented for name has been 

 less the past year than in 1874 ; but, whether or not owing to the 

 remarks made on this subject a year ago, the condition of such as 

 were brought in showed a marked improvement. 



The revision of the By-Laws, last spring and summer, more 

 thorough than any previous one, occupied more of my time as 

 Secretary of the Committee charged with that duty than could 

 have been anticipated. 



The two parts of the Transactions, with the revision of the By- 

 Laws and the miscellaneous work carried on while preparing and 

 printing them, occupied several months, during which I was unable 

 to give any attention to the History of the Society, but immedi- 

 ately on the completion of the Transactions the history was 

 resumed, and after very thorough investigation the chapters on 

 the Finances of the Society, the various Halls occupied by it, and 

 on the Library, have been wholly rewritten, leaving now little 

 besides the account of the Exhibitions of the Society to be com- 

 pleted. 



ROBERT MANNING, Editor. 



