26 KECOIiD OF HORTICULTURE. 



The small-fruits appear to receive more attention from 

 the members of this Society than the larger ones, although 

 apples, pears, and peaches are cultivated by those who 

 can make them remunerative. The great value of the 

 reports of this Association no one will doubt, because the 

 members are practical men who give to the public what- 

 ever information they have derived from actual experience. 

 Facts appear to be a staple commodity among the West 

 Jersey fruit-growei*s, and if a particular variety of fruit is 

 recommended, the public may rest assured that some one 

 or more of the members of this Society has an indisputable 

 witness of the truth in his pockets. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. J. F. C. Hyde, Presi- 

 dent ; Samuel H. Gibbens, Corresponding Secretary ; E. Sprague 

 Kand, Recording Secretary; Edwin W. Buswell, Treasurer; 

 John L. Russell, Professor of Botany. 



This old and very wealthy Society appears to be in 

 the most prosperous condition. Whatever the members 

 undertake to do, whether it be to hold an exhibition or 

 to build a new hall, they are sure to have their efforts 

 crowned with success. No better evidence of the pros- 

 perity of this Society could be offered than the simple 

 fact that three thousand six hundred dollars were appro- 

 priated for premiums in 1867. The schedule of prices for 

 the year fills thirty-one pages of an octavo pamphlet, 

 while the annual report is a volume of over one hundred 

 pages of the same size. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has become 

 one of the permanent and useful institutions of the 

 country. 



