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would have an elevating and i-efining influence on the whole 

 community. Tliere might be exhibited our first spring flowers, 

 the crocus, tlie tulip and the hyacinth, not forgetting the 

 natives of our hillsides and woods, the choice pansy h'oni the 

 garden, the pet geranium from the conservatory, the hybrid 

 rose that we have watched for so long, and want others to 

 enjoy with us, not forgetting the fruits and vegetables as they 

 come to perfection. Who would not enjoy showing the 

 earliest and .best tomatoes, the best and most varieties of 

 sweet eorn ? With what a laudable pride one might show the 

 new varieties of strawberries, raspberries and blackberries — 

 in fact all the early fruits and flowers, that cannot be kept, 

 till the September exhibition. 



Think of the influence the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, and similar ones in New York and Philadelphia, have 

 had upon those cities respectively. Think of the beautiful 

 parks, cemeteries and suburban residences that had their ori- 

 gin direct/// in these societies, and have conferred so much 

 other wenlth and prosperily, — not only of these cities, but to 

 the country generally. I think Salem and Lynn are the only 

 cities in the county, that can boast of Horticultural Societies 

 and these are very irregular in their meetings and exhibitions. 

 Ought not these cities, with Gloucester, Newburyport, Haver- 

 hill and Lawrence, in connection with the adjoining towns, 

 each to support active, working societies of this kind ? We 

 hope and trust the day is not far distant when this will be ac- 

 complished. 



Respectfully submitted, 



T. C. Thurlow, Chairman. 



