MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 

 ANNUAL MEETING. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



" Let one great day 



To celebrated sports and floral play 

 Be set aside !" 



The annual exhibition of Flowers and Fruits by the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, took place at their Rooms, 23 

 Tremont Row, on Wednesday^ Thursday ^ and Friday^ 19th, 

 20th, and 21st of September. 



The specimens of Fruit (the particulars of which are 

 here given by the Chairman of the Fruit Committee) were 

 very fine, and exceeded, both in quantity and quality those of 

 any former season. 



Owing to the extreme heat of the weather, and the con- 

 tinued drought in July and August, Autumn's Queen, (the gor- 

 geous) Dahlia, did not appear at the exhibition in all her glory. 

 But notwithstanding the almost total failure of the Dahlia 

 bloom, the floral part of the show was much better than our 

 friends or ourselves anticipated. When it was made known 

 to the cultivators, and to the lovers of flowers, that the place 

 of the Dahlia must be filled up, by such cut flowers as could 

 be procured, the disposition to contribute became general, 

 and the supply was equal to our wants. Before the appoint- 

 ed hour had arrived to open the Rooms for the public, every 

 phial, dish and basket, was filled, and all were in readiness for 

 the inspection, and we trust, gratification, of those interested 

 in Flora and Pomona. 



