3g STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ness more intelligently. Without an organization of this kind 

 few opportunities of comparing views are presented. It is the 

 intention of this Society, not only to hold exhibitions, but also to 

 hold* meetings expressly for discussion, that the lessons of the 

 past, learned from experience, may be gathered up and put in 

 available form for our benefit in future years, and for the benefit of 

 those who may follow after us. 



While the name which we have chosen for our Society would 

 indicate that Pomona's gifts areall we crave, we would not here 

 convey the impression — nor does our exhibition show — that we are 

 oblivious to the charms of fair Flora's smiles. While we would 

 give the cultivation of fruit due prominence, we would at the same 

 time encourage the cultivation of flowers. We recognize their 

 mission in beautifying our homes, elevating our characters, refin- 

 ing our natures and leading us up to a higher, purer, and happier 

 life. We can see evidence of the commendable work which the 

 Bangor LLorticultural Society has accomplished in this direction. 

 Nor is the influence it has exerted confined to your own cit^' ; it 

 widens and expands, like the ripple upon the glassy smoothness 

 of the quiet lake, to the utmost borders of our State ; it goes out 

 ■with the emigrant to his Western home, where a plant in the 

 window and a flower by the door tells of loved and cherished 

 friends and dear associations left behind, but never to be forgot- 

 ten. May flowers continue to bloom till their influence, sweet as 

 the perfume they bear, shall reach all hearts. 



I have thus briefly alluded to some of the work, towards the 

 accomplishment of which it is the purpose of this Society to labor. 

 There is much other work of equal importance which will not be 

 referred to at this time. Enough has been alluded to to occupy 

 the attention of the Society till another j^ear shall again make it 

 the duty of its executive head to address you. Let us go on, 

 then, with strong hearts and an earnest purpose, in the laudable 

 work we have thus, imperfectly it may be, commenced. Let us 

 earnestly labor to develop the resources of this art, till our labors 

 shall be rewarded by an increased production ; till our real estate 

 shall bo enhanced in value from tHift^fruits it bears, and the owners 

 rendered prosperous and happy ; till our homesteads shall be 

 adorned and their inmates reflned and elevated. Thus may we 

 render service to ourselves, and benefit generations which come 

 after us. And, while we individually and collectively labor for these 

 ends, let us never lose sight of the fact that our aim is to do good. 



