6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1868. 



WEEKLY EXHIBITIONS. 



The ante-room of the Hall has been opened every Thursday afternoon 

 through the year for the exhibition of fruits and flowers. These weekly meet- 

 ings have undoubtedly been productive of benefit, as well as of pleasure, to 

 those who have attended them , but they are not properly appreciated by the 

 members. 



Many of our fruits mature long before the annual exhibition ; and the green 

 pears and apples of to day are to be seen in their best estate only later in the 

 fall or in the winter. Our roses and many early flowers can be seen in their 

 glory only in the summer season. At all of the meetings are present several 

 of our most experienced fruit growers, who are ready to give all the informa- 

 tion in their power to all enquirers. New varieties of fruit are exhibited and 

 tested, and the different modes of preservation and cultivation of fruit discussed. 



THE LIBRARY. 



The Library is open every Thursday afternoon. It contains many valuable 

 works, both Foreign and American, which cannot be found in any private Li- 

 brary in the State, and a more general use of the library would necessarily tend 

 to a more general dissemination of useful information on Horticultural subjects 

 among its members. Annual appropriations are made for the purchase of new 

 books, and contributions are often received and always welcomed. 



OUR DUTIES IN THE FUTURE. 



What shall the members of the Society do in the future to promote its suc- 

 cess ? Increase its members — for not only are the admission fees an acceptable 

 addition to the funds of the Society, but still more important, the greater the 

 number the more co-workers in promoting the objects of the Society. 



The admission fee of five dollars for a gentleman, and three dollars for a lady, 

 secures a free admission for life to all the exhibitions, the use of the library, 

 and the right to the annual publications of the Society. Each member, with a 

 little effort on his part, can easily secure an additional member from his own 

 family or friends . 



Let members attend and send specimens of their fruits and flowers to the 

 weekly exhibitions. 



Every member should contribute to the annual exhibition. None should 

 refrain from the fear that their contribution will be too small. A bouquet of 

 flowers and a plate of fruit from each will make a beautiful and grand display. 



Competition should be encouraged by liberal premiums in the production and 

 exhibition of Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables. While many contributors will 

 tavor us without reference to the premiums, there are others to whom the in- 

 ducement is dependent on the amount of the premium offered. The labor of 

 gathering the fruit and the expense of conveying it should be amply compen- 

 sated. 



