266 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Early in November the small tubers are preserved by being 

 placed in a tub of water kept at about 60° during the winter. 



Hoping the above hints may prove acceptable to you in making 

 up your report, I remain, Dear Sir, 



Yours truly, 



F. L. Harris. 



The following Prizes and Gratuities have been awarded by the 

 Committee : — 



To William Robinscu, Gardener to Frederick L. Ames, 

 for the best House of Orchids in bloom during the 

 month of March, . ...... 



To Dr. Jabez Fisher, for the best Vinej'ard, 



Gratuities : — 



To Benjamin G. Smith, for well kept Amateur Garden, 



To Samuel Barnard, for successful cultivation of Straw- 

 berries ......... 



To Henry Ross, Superintendent of Newton Cemetery, 

 for well kept grounds, and for artistic laying out and 

 successful improvement of the same, . . . 25 00 



To William C. Strong, for successful cultivation of 



Nursery stock, 25 00 



$210 00 



In closing this report we again solicit your cooperation, that we 

 may unitedly be of practical value and assistance not only to each 

 other within the limits of our Society, but to all with whom we 

 are brought in contact, whether through the visits of the Committees, 

 the exhibitions, the reports, or the discussions. Let the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society be a thoroughly educational insti- 

 tution. Set the standard high, we can attain to it. 



John G. Barker, Chairman^ 

 E. W. Wood, 

 Joseph H. Woodford, 



Committee 



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C. N. Brackett, i Gardens. 



Henry W. Wilson, j 



C. W. Ross, / 



