CONTEI^TS. 



pAoe. 



Report op the Secretary : 



General remarka 1 



Membership 2 



The Season of 1876 4 



Fourth Annual Exhibition 5 



List of Premiums offered, entries and awards — Apples 7 



Pears 10 



Grapes 11 



Misoellaneous 12 



Flowers 13 



Garden crops, &<3 15 



Leading PEATtiREs and general character of the Exhibition .... 16 



General look at the Hall 17 



Details 18 



The best Apples 19 



Androscoggin County collections 20 



Eennebeo do do 21 



Lincoln do do 22 



Penobscot do do - 22 



Other do do 23 



Exhibition of Pears 24 



Stove and Green~houae Plants 26 



Cut Flowers 23 



ANNtTAL Meeting 28 



Proceedings of the Winter Meeting : 



Programme and General Features 29 



Address of Welcome by M. J. Metcalf, Esq 31 



Annual Address of the President, Z. A. Gilbert 34 



Discussion on Grape Culture 41 



Apples for Market, — High Culture 43 



Report op the Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. C. Weston : 



Publications received 46 



Lawns and Landscape Gardening 49 



Window Gardening 69 



Apples for Amateur Cultivators : 



Report of Committee 62 



Discussion of same 64 



