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to carry on the school without asking our friends for more 

 than enough to cover rent, an expense from which we should 

 be relieved if our real estate fund could be made up to the 

 amount necessary to purchase a suitable place. 



GIFTS TO HORTICULTURAL SCHOOL. 



1870. 



May. Ames Plough Co., Boston, garden tools. 



Fairbanks & Co., stationery. 

 June. Messrs. Washburn & Co., Boston, package of seed. 



W. C. Strong, Esq., lot of plants. 



Miss M, Shannon, Newton, plants and cuttings at various times. 

 July. Mrs. S. A. Bush, Melrose, plants. 



Messrs. Barnard, Hunnewell & Severance, W. Newton, assorted plants. 



Mrs. F. B. Fay, Chelsea, plants and cuttings. 



Prof. John L. Russell, Salem, cuttings. 



Miss C. Clarke, Jamaica Plain, plants at various times. 



H. F. French, Esq., Concord, books and papers. 

 Aug. " Cultivator and Country Gentleman," one year's subscription. 



" New England Farmer," one year's subscription. 



" Massachusetts Ploughman," one year's subscription. 



Mrs. Gammon, Newton Centre, plants. 



Mrs. Webster, Newton Centre, plants. 

 Oct. Mr Aug. Calder, plants. 



M. P. Wilder. Esq., Dorchester, large lot of plants 



Aug. Parker, Esq., Roxbury, cuttings. 



Gen. C. G. Loring, Boston, plants. 



Lawson Valentine, Esq., books. 



Misses Harris, Jamaica Plain, plants and cuttings. 



Mrs. S. M. Hunt, Cambridge, barrel apples and two bed quilts. 

 Nov. Mr. Aug. Parker, Roxbury, barrel apples. 

 Dec. Mr. Roffe, Newton Centre, plants. 



