REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMIHEE ON VEGETABLES, 



FOR THE YEAR 1890- 



By CHARLES N. BRACKETT, Chairman. 



In every human life — one ma}' almost say in every liuman un- 

 dertaking — there must come times devoted to what, in commercial 

 phrase, is called " taking account of stock." At such times, the 

 life or the undertaking finds itself almost, as it would seem, 

 involuntarily at a pause, and, like the mercantile world, it closes 

 its doors for a longer or a shorter period to outside interests, and 

 reviews its past failures and successes, settles their causes to its 

 own satisfaction, and, casting aside what have proved to be 

 impediments, prepares itself for a new and wiser start in its 

 chosen direction. Such a time as this seems just at present to 

 have come to us. The eve of a new year is proverbiall}' the time 

 for a critical survej' of the past, and the making of good resolu- 

 tions for the future. 



The attendance at our weekh' exhibitions has been good during 

 the year, with increasing interest on the part of members, and a 

 better appreciation of the work of the Society by the public in 

 general. The Annual and other great exhibitions of the year 

 were largely attended and very successful, except when inter- 

 rupted by stormy weather. The interest shown by the public in 

 these exhibitions has been of the most encouraging kind, giving 

 evidence of the constantly increasing taste and love for Horticult- 

 ure, and showing that the work of the Society in promoting the 

 interests and objects for which it was established has pervaded 

 the communitv in its influence. 



