INDEX. 



Officers and Standing Committees for 1872 ... 3 



Members of the Society, — Honorary 5 



" " Corresponding 8 



" " For Life 13 



" " Annual 20 



Extracts fro.m By-Laws 25 



Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers ... 26 



Gratuities awarded 50 



Prizes awarded 66 



Report of the Committee on Fruits 83 



Prizes and Gratuities awarded .97 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables 113 



Gratuities and Prizes awarded 117 



Report of the Committee on Ornamental Gardening . . 129 



Report of the Library Committee . 139 



Report on the Causes of the Injurious Effects upon Vege- 

 tation, OF the Winter and Spring of 1871-72 . . 144 



Report of the Treasurer . 164 



• Report of the Finance Committee 168 



Account with Mount Auburn Cemetery 169 



Address of the President 174 



Lecture by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder 178 



