REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1887. 



The reports of the Chairmen of the various Committees of the 

 Society, anticipate so much that might be said by this Committee, 

 and cover the work of the Society for the past year so thoroughly, 

 that there remains little to be said, which will prove of value to 

 the records. The receipts from the large exhibitions of the year 

 1887, have fallen off in a slight degree from the total of 1886, 

 although the Chrysanthemum Show this 3'ear made a slightly 

 better showing as to receipts than in 1886. In detail the receipts 

 were as follows: Spring Exhibition, $1,213,55; Rose Show, 

 $306.55; Annual Exhibition, $1,023.00; Chrysanthemum Show, 

 $734.75. Total, $3,277.85, against the sum of $3,646.10 last 

 year. 



The experiment of holding the Annual Exhibition in the 

 Mechanics' Building on the Back Bay, in conjunction with the 

 Exhibition of the American Pomological Society, was, so far as 

 the financial results are concerned, not as successful as it ought to 

 have been, and it served to demonstrate in part at least, that the 

 Society is fortunate in the present location of its building, which 

 is easy of access to those who wish to attend our exhibitions. It 

 would seem to be the future policy of the Society, to stimulate the 

 improvement of the quality of all exhibits rather than to seek to 

 enlarge the quantity of individual exhibits. The limited space at 

 our command, renders this an imperative consideration, and our 

 exhibitions will assuredly prove not only more attractive, but 

 instructive and beneficial to horticultural interests, if this line of 

 policy is adopted. 



EDWARD L. BEARD, 

 Chairman Committee of Arrangements. 



