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President Ware followed, mentioning the immense 

 power for good that a dozen flowering plants did on board 

 ship on a long voyage at sea — the captain of the ship 

 stating that in his long experience he had never seen a 

 more potent agency for good aboard his ship. Mr. Ware 

 also spoke of the prizes offered by the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society for window gardens and flowers 

 generally. 



John Robinson of Salem took an interest in the subject 

 from a botanical point of view. The desirability of be- 

 coming acquainted with native flowering plants, and trees 

 and grasses was dwelt upon. 



Andrew Nichols, Jr. of Dan vers, spoke upon wild flow- 

 ers. He believed that botany should be a study in our pri- 

 mary schools instead of wating until the pupil was ad- 

 vanced in the High school. 



Aaron Low of Essex spoke of the improvements made, 

 and great varieties in the colorings of flowers by their 

 training and hybridizing, most of the improvements com- 

 ing from Germany. 



Remarks were also made on the subject by Mrs. Wm. 

 Horner of Georgetown, Mrs. Nancy C. Andrews of Essex, 

 Mrs. Martha De M. Gage of Bradford and others, which 

 were interesting. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the essayists of the day, 

 for their interesting, instructive and valuable papers. 



The 60th Institute and last of the season was a Field 

 Institute and was held on the Gardner Farm, Peabody, on 

 April 17, 1888. " For the Exhibition and Trial of all 

 Implements used in the Cultivation of Farm Crops," at 

 which some 200 or more were in attendance. 



The largest exhibitor was J. L. Colcord it Son of Pea- 

 body, whose show of ploughs, harrows, cultivators and 

 other machines and tools, was quite extensive. 



Whitcomb & Carter of Beverly, also showed a line of 

 machines of similar nature as well as C. H. Thompson of 

 Boston. 



In the trial of the ploughs a dynomometer was attached 



