OFFICERS A]SD STAKDING COMMITTEES 



OF 



The Worcester County Horticultural Society, 



FOR I 8 e 6. 



PRESIDEXT : 



J. HEXRY HILL, of Worcester. 



VICE-PRESIDEXTS : 



FRANCIS H. DEWEY and WILLIAM N. GREEN, of Worcester ; 

 JONATHAN D. WHEELER, of Grafton. 



SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN : 



EDWARD W. LINCOLN, of Worcester. 



TREASURER : 



FREDERICK W. PAINE, of Worcester. 



TRUSTEES : 



Stephen Salisbury, 

 George Jaques, 

 Wm. T. Merrifield, 

 Edwin Draper, 

 Samuel H. Colton, 

 Emory Banister, 

 John C. Ripley. 

 Edward S. Stebbins, 

 Ivers Phillips, 

 J. Frank Allen, 

 D. Waldo Lincoln, 

 Edward Earle, 



Worcester. 



Benjamin Butman, 

 John Milton Earle, 

 William Workman, 

 Jonathan Grout, 

 Obadiah B. Hadwen, 

 Horatio Phelps, 

 Samuel V. Stone, 

 Paul Whitin, 

 Josiah L. Woodward, 

 Joshua Porter, 

 Samuel P. Champuey, 

 Harvey Dodge, 



Worcester. 



Whitmsville. 



Millbury. 



Brookfield. 



Saundersville. 



Wilkinsonville. 



AUDITORS : 



SAMUEL H. COLTON, EMORY BANISTER, Worcester. 



On Horticultural HulJ. — D. Waldo Lincoln, Edwin Draper, 0. B. Hadwen. 



On Libranj and Fublicatlon. — ^President, J. Henry Hill ; Secretary and Li- 

 brarian, Edward W. Lincoln ; Jonathan Grout. 



On Si/noni/mes. — J. Milton Earle, Geo. Jaques, S. H. Colton, D. W. Lincoln. 



Of Depredations on Gardens, (t'r. — Francis H. Dewey, Wm. T. Merrifield. 

 0. B. Hadwen. 



Of Arrangements. — The President, Secretary, Edwin Draper, O. B. Hadwen, 

 Emory Banister, Jonathan Grout, Charles Richardson, John C. Newton. 



On Apples. — Samuel H. Colton, Chairman; J. Frank Allen, Dr. Rufus 

 Woodward, John C- Ripley, Thomas R. Norcross, of Worcester; Samuel A. 

 Knox, of Grafton ; Newell Wood, of Millbury. 



On Pears. — Stephen S. Foster, Chairman : John Milton Earle, John C. New- 

 ton, Emory Banister, D. S. Messinger, of Worcester; J. H. Moore, of Charlton. 



On Grapes, Peaches, d:c. — Francis H. Dewey, Chairman ; Benjamin But- 

 man, D. Waldo Lincoln, Horatio Phelps, Charles Richardson, of Worcester ; 

 and Paul Whitin, of Whitinsville. 



On Flowers, Plants, dr. — Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Chairman; Mrs. Calvin 

 Taft, Mrs. Daniel Tainter, Mrs. Cliarles L. Pierce, Dr. George Chandler, of 

 Worcester ; and John D. Wheeler, of Grafton. 



On Vegetables. — Edwin Conant, Chairman; Oliver K. Earle, James Green, 

 Chas. Belcher, Marshall Flagg, of Worcester ; Josiah L. Woodward, of Millbury. 



J6^" The Annual Autumnal Exhibition will be held on the 18th, 19th, 20tl' 

 and 21st days of September, commencing at G o'clock, P. M.. on the ISth. 



