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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUI.TUEAL SOCIETY. 



I cannot close this report w ithout reference to the unique exhibi- 

 tion of 720 photographs, now in the lecture hall, by Mr. E. H. 

 Wilson, illustrating his work of collecting trees and shrubs in North- 

 ern China, for the Arnold Arboretum. The value of this work to 

 horticulture cannot be fully appreciated at the present time. Suf- 

 fice it to say that it far eclipses any previous work of the kind, even 

 that of the late Robert Fortune, and its value to horticulture will be 

 appreciated as the thousand or more ne^v trees and shrubs which 

 have been introduced reach development and become kno^\'n 

 throughout the country. 



In the arrangement of exhibitions your committee has been greatly 

 indebted to Mr. Robert Cameron of the Har\ard Botanic Garden 

 for his services. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar 

 Robert Cameron 

 William N. Craig 

 Edward MacINIulkin 

 Charles S. Sargent 

 William Sim 



Committee on 

 Prizes and 

 Exhibitions. 



