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value by irrigation. These are subjects in which a body of intelligent 

 citizens like the members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 should have some voice and exert some influence. The Society might well 

 exert its influence also to secure a better understanding and better care of 

 the parks and other public grounds of the state. 



The library of the Society contains one of the largest and best collections 

 of books relating to horticulture and kindred subjects in the world. Your 

 Committee believes that it would be of more general value if the members 

 of the Society realized that books could be borrowed from the library for 

 their use at home, and we suggest that the librarian be instructed to give 

 greater publicity to the library and to inform members how they can 

 borrow its books. A monthly Bulletin of the additions to the library 

 should be sent to members and to other horticultural societies in the state. 



Attempts have been made for many years to increase the educational 

 importance of the Society by courses of free lectures. Some of the lectures 

 have been valuable but the money available for this purpose has not been 

 sufficient to secure always the best men for this purpose. Your Committee 

 believes that better results can be obtained by reducing the number of 

 lectures in these courses, and by increasing the amoiuit of the honorarium 

 offered the speakers. 



The suggestions which we have made will, if they are carried out suc- 

 cessfully, require the efficient, energetic and intelligent efforts of the 

 Society. 



Its affairs have always been managed by committees, and it is a fact 

 which few business men will dispute that the highest efficiency is not se- 

 cured by committee management. Institutions, both educational and 

 commercial, which have been managed by one man have always been the 

 most successful; and your Committee believes that if the general manage- 

 ment of the Society could be put in charge of one man directly responsible 

 to the Board of Trustees he would be able gradually to inaugurate the 

 plans for more active educational work which your Committee recom- 

 mends. Such a man we believe would be able to unite in one common 

 aim all the horticultural interests in the state, devise new methods of 

 instruction and gradually convert the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 from a local institution into a University of Horticulture in the broadest 

 sense of the word capable of good which would be felt far beyond the 

 borders of the state. 



William C. Endicott 

 (Signed) C. S. Sargent 



John K. M. L. Farquhar 



