TRANSACTIONS 



1908, PART I. 



INAUGURAL IMEETING. 



The Inaugural Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticuhural 

 Society for the year 1908 was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Saturday, January 4, at twelve o'clock, noon. 



President Stephen M. Weld presided and opened the meeting 

 with the deUvery of the following inaugural address : 



Inaugural Address of President Weld. 



To the Members of the Massachusetts Horticidtiiral Society: 



It becomes my duty to present to you my annual report for the 

 year. 



On the whole the year has been, in many respects, a most en- 

 couraging one. I think there is a spirit of unity amongst us which, 

 working towards a common end, will enable us to accomplish 

 fully as much as we have in the past, and keep our Society at the 

 head of the column of associations engaged in advancing horti- 

 culture. There is more work to be done each year, and new 

 avenues are opening all the time where we can work to great ad- 

 vantage. 



