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showing the different varieties of coleus ; Mr. J. W. 

 Manning, of the Reading nurseries, fine specimens of 

 hardy pines, junipers, arbor vitee, etc. ; Messrs. A. H. 

 Dunlap and Son, seed dealers in Nashua, N. H., an ele- 

 gant display of annuals ; Charles A. Putnam, a stand of 

 very fine seedling gladiolus. There was also a fine show 

 of flowers and bouquets from other persons. 



The display of fruit was very good. Mr. Charles A. 

 Ropes of Salem had the largest collection*, showing sixty- 

 eight varieties ; Hon. Haydn Brown of West Newbury a 

 fine show of apples ; G. D. Walton of Peabody, C. M. 

 Richardson, Joseph A. Goldthwaite, George Baker, Wil- 

 liam Mack, and others were contributors. 



This exhibition was under the supervision of Mr. H. 

 W. Putnam, the curator of the department. 



LANDING OF JOHN ENDICOTT. The Fifth Half-century 

 of the Landing of John Endicott was commemorated on 

 the 18th day of last September. The commemorative 

 exercises have been printed in full in the HISTORICAL 

 COLLECTIONS of the Institute. The oration by Hon. W. 

 C. Endicott, poems by Rev. C. T. Brooks and W. W. 

 Story, all born in Salem and educated in her schools. 

 Gov. A. H. Rice, Hon. R. C. Winthrop, Hon. Marshall 

 P. Wilder, Dean Stanley, and other distinguished men 

 were the guests of the society and took part in the post 

 prandial exercises of the day. 



PUBLICATIONS have been issued as heretofore, the 

 BULLETIN, vol. 10, and the HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, 

 vol. xv, have been published and distributed. The ex- 

 change list with few exceptions continues the same as last 

 year. 



