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mental nursery stock grown in the country, it was decided to 

 plant a Massachusetts garden on the exposition grounds. A 

 committee composed of Messrs. Roland, Finlayson, Farquhar, 

 Wyman and Shea, was chosen by your secretary, and stock was 

 collected from the following growers: — 



Thomas Roland. 



Cherry Hill Nurseries (T. C. Thurlow & Sons, Inc.). 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. 



Edward Gillett. 



Old Colony Nurseries, Inc. 



Edward F. Dwyer & Sons. 



George B. Eager. 



Peter Fisher. 



Patten & Co. 



Bay State Nurseries. 



J. K. Alexander. 



George H. Walker. 



Eastern Nurseries. 



New England Nurseries. 



Frederick J. Rea. 



Forbes & Keith. 



J. Woodward Manning. 



Breck-Robinson Company. 



E. L. Lewis. 



Mr. Carl Purdy of L^kiah, California, was retained as land- 

 scape architect in California. The garden has been planted 

 successfully, and jVIassachusetts had the honor of being the 

 only State having such a design on the grounds. 



In addition to this work, shrubs and flowers were planted 

 about the State building. For all this work, the Board will 

 receive due recognition by the authorities at the exposition. 



The relations between your secretary and the Board of 

 Panama-Pacific Managers, as well as with the authorities in 

 California, have been most pleasant, and while the work has 

 made many exacting demands upon his time, the data collected 

 and the work done will be of great value to the State for all 

 time. 



