WORCi:STER COUNTI 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



loth January, A. D. 1895. 

 ADDRESS* 



* . BY 



Hon. henry L. PARKER, President. 



Before proceeding to the topic which I have chosen for dis- 

 cussion, I desire to congratulate the Society upon the successful 

 work of the past year. While it is true that financially the 

 Society has not escaped the effects of the general business de- 

 pression, yet in exhibitions, in the interest and enthusiasm of 

 its members and the influence of its work upon the general 

 public, as manifested by the largely increased attendance upon 

 its weekly displays, there has been a marked advance over all 

 previous years. Especially noticeable were the displays of the 

 foliage of rare shrubs, shade and ornamental trees, and wild 

 flowers in their season. 



This is a new feature in our exhibitions, but that it has already 

 won the popular favor is manifest from the attention and study 

 which these collections attracted from visitors. It is a feature 

 which should receive encouragement, for it is in line with what 

 President Hall (in his speech at our recent banquet) claims 

 should be one of the missions of this society, viz. : To cultivate 

 and bring back a renewal of that love of nature which is inher- 

 ent in every human breast, but which the congestion of our cities 

 and large centres of population, the associations and ways of 

 metropolitan life, have a tendency to eflace. 



*\Vritteu out from recollection bv request of the Comiuittee on Publicatiou. 



