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work SO well that we should not only, through our assistance and 

 advice, improve conditions, but should make all men and women 

 over the State feel that our Society is the proper one to turn to for 

 advice upon all horticultural subjects. ^Ye should have experts 

 ready at any and all times to render competent advice. 



Our Trustees and members must have the same end in view — 

 to do what is best for the interests of the Society. A lack of agree- 

 ment with the Trustees on the part of members is much to be de- 

 plored. Whenever such a condition of things is manifest, the 

 Society will always suffer in its work. IMutual confidence can alone 

 bring about the best results. No society can accomplish its pur- 

 poses satisfactorily without expanding and facing progress. Though 

 no doubt the policy of the past has made the Society what it now 

 is, it would be more than unwise to continue such a policy when it 

 has served its time and generation. 



At the close of his address President Endicott took the Chair 

 and called for the annual reports of the officers and chairmen of the 

 various committees which were presented in the following order: 



Report of the Treasurer, Walter Hunnewell. 



Report of the Board of Trustees, by the Secretary. 



Report of the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions, James 

 Wheeler, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers, William 

 Anderson, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Fruits, Edward B. Wilder, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, John L. Smith, Chair- 

 man. 



Report of the Committee on Children's Gardens, Henry S. 

 Adams, Chairman. 



Report of the Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture, Samuel 

 J. Goddard. 



Report of the Secretary and Librarian. 



The various reports were separately accepted with thanks and 

 referred to the Committee on Publications for record in the Trans- 

 actions of the Society. 



On motion of Vice President Kidder it was voted to refer the 



