316 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Growing Black Hamburg Grapes under Glass that is otherwise 

 used in Winter, by William D. Philbrick, Editor of the Massachu- 

 setts Ploughman, Boston. 



March 15. Horticultural Education of Children, by Henry L. 

 Clapp, Principal of the George Putnam School, Roxbury. 

 March 22. Dahlias, by William E. Endicott, Canton. 

 March 29. The Tour of the Grangers in California, by O. B. 

 Had wen, Worcester. 



These essays and discussions are fully reported, and published 

 in the Transactions of the Societ}'. 



The Annual Spring Exhibition opened in the two halls of the 

 Society, on the 26th of March, continuing three days, and rarely 

 in the history of the Society has a more beautiful display of 

 flowei's been seen at that season of the year. The large upper 

 hall presented a fine appearance ; the great variet}' of plants and 

 flowers, with all their varied colors, being so arranged as to show 

 all to the best advantage. The lower hall was devoted to the dis- 

 play of Vegetables, Fruits, and Greenhouse and Decorative Plants ; 

 also a rare collection of plants from the Cambridge Botanic Gar- 

 den, and the show of spring flowering bulbs — Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Narcissus and Liliums — with the great variety of colors and the 

 sweet odors of that class. There were also the Cytisus, with its 

 bright yellow flowers ; the Azaleas, the Cinerarias, the Cyclamens, 

 and the Orchids. All the vegetables were of fine quality. 



With the month of June we always associate the fragrant Rose 

 and the aroma of the Strawberry. The display of June 24 and 

 25, under the title of the Rose and Strawberry Exhibition, was 

 one that could not only vie with all its predecessors, but in some 

 important respects outvied them all, comprising an uncommonly 

 large and brilliant display of beautiful flowers and delicious fruits. 

 In these particulars this exhibition was, perhaps, in a fuller sense 

 than some in the past, a strictly Rose and Strawberry Show. The 

 upper hall was devoted to the floral, and the lower to the fruit dis- 

 play, and each claimed its due proportion of the attention of visi- 

 tors and admirers. The space allotte'd to the Rose was full, and 

 the exhiI)ition was complete. The Rose is ever making advances- 

 on its own record, both in excellence and variety. 



The Annual Exhibition of Plants and Flowers was held in 

 Music Hall, beginning August 19, and continuing four days. 

 This far surpassed any that the Society has ever given. One 



