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Feb. 27. — Vegetable Growing, by Warren W. Rawson of Ar- 

 lington. 



Mar. 6. — The Progress of Orchid Culture in Americn, by Edward 

 L. Beard of Cambridge. 



Mar. 13. — Hoi'ticultural Landscape, by Dr. George A. Bowen of 

 Woodstock, Ct. 



Mar. 20. — Care and Embellishment of Cemeteries, by John (r. 

 Barker of Lynn. 



Mar. 27. — Nitrogen : Why the Crops must have it, and how they 

 must get it, by Prof. G. C. Caldwell of Ithaca, N. Y. 



Apr. 3. — The Nomenclature of Fruits. 



Apr. 10. — The Ripening and Preservation of Fruits, by Marshall 

 P. Wilder of Dorchester. 



This is a brief outline of the year's work. The essays 

 and discussions are embodied in the Society's publications, 

 and are of great value. Vegetables, fruits and flowers are 

 the specialties that receive attention. 



The exhibitions are held in the two large halls in the 

 Society's building in Boston, — fruits and vegetables in the 

 lower, and flowers and plants in the upper hall. At the four 

 principal exhibitions the display of flowers and plants com- 

 pletely filled the upper hall, presenting a scene of enchanting 

 beauty, especially in the evening under the mellow radiance 

 of the electric light. 



Who can describe a rose, — the queen of flowers, — an 

 orchid, a chrysanthemum, a rainbow, a glorious sunset, or 

 the glittering sapphires and rubies, painted by a morning- 

 sunbeam in a drop of dew ? The pen of another must record 

 the beauty and perfume of these floral collections. Every 

 specimen was an object-lesson in itself, many of them of 

 great value and of absorbing interest to all beholders. The 

 mystic goddesses of horticulture, Pomona and Flora, held 

 high court, displayed their rich treasures, and received the 

 homage of their votaries. 



AVe have stood before the statue of one we have known, 

 honored and loved : so faithfully had the artist wrought, that 

 the cold, insensate marble seemed instinct with life, and to 

 our imagination the inarticulate lip and eye would almost 

 seem to move in recognition of our presence. 



We have looked upon a picture of the great Nazarene, 



