Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-12
CITY AND COUNTY.


of fruit and flowers. and of those vegetable cs-
culents which are perhaps more important
than either, in the city and county of Worces-
ter, should hear in mind the exhibition OF the
Horticultural Society, which commences on
the evening of Tuesday next For almost
quarter OF a century, and erer since the retln-
qushment By the agricultural Society Of th's
particular prorince, there have not been
wanting devoted and faithful men to labor,
without fee or hope of reward save the trust
that their efforts tended to advance the gener-
al standard OF Horticulture and pomology.
Some have fallen asleep, and the flowers
which they so loved when among us now
bloom over the places of their repose. Others
yet remain to enjoy the partial truition of
their toll, which, under providence, has crown
ed hillside and valley with products choicer
than those of the tabled cornucopia, and rem
dered the city of their residence no less an OBJ
ject of attraction to the stranger than of Justi-
fable pride to themselves. Their twenty
fourth annual appeal is now made to the COM
munity for public encouragement and sup
port. Crippled to some extent by indebted
ness, the society still hold out handsome pc
cuniary inducements for generous eontribu-
tons. 1t rests with our citizens, by extend
ing or Withholding their patronage, to deter
mine whether this incubus Of debt shall not be
speedily relieved, and the society enabled to
step forward unembarrassed in all unprece-
dented career OF usefulness. If only all who
ought to join the society would do so, its
ability would be increased in geometrical ra-
ito. Will not each one who may read these
lines ask himself if he can do better than to en-
roll his name among those who have already
'made the waste places smooth and caused
the wilderness to blossom as the rose?
The ladies certainly require no urgency to
countenance the exhibition. Respect for one
of their own sex, the first pomologist, would
of itself suffice for this and by parity of rea-
soning, should any of them feel inclined to
violate the injunction Of the society-"Touch
not Taste mott" reflection upon the conse-
quence of that primal disobedence in the
original garden, will be conclusive against
taking forbidden bite. continuance of
the present failure of untimely frosts, will as
sure the success of the floral department. In
fact, the display of cut flowers at the last
weekly meeting would have been hailed with
acclaim at the annual exhibition Of 1861.
There need be no stimulus applied to foster
the zeal which has for many weeks past re-
| plenished the stands of the society.
1t is earnestly desired by the trustees that
the display of vegetables may be larger and
more credtabe than has been the case of late
years. Apples and pears are well enough in
their way; but they can neither exempt nor
furnish substitute for the potato. In the
opinion of the trustees there is room for all
the produce Of tie garden within the es-
pecial province of the society. But Il
perverted tomato, or yard-long cucumber
"Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens,"
afford poor illustration of the fruits of gar
den husbandry in Worcester county. An in
spection, the most cursory, of our markets,
shows that this need not be. Nowhere than
in this county, throughout the state, are there
better or plentier vegetables. May it no long
~-' "'0A Tue present exhibition, be a reproach
to our cultlYaturs, that they will not exhibit
their products until after they have first as
sured themselves, by occular inspection, of
the inferiority of that with which they then
conclude to compete.
Those who propose to contribute should
gather their specimens early as Monday
morning. They will thus have time to assert
their collection, so as to bring it into the hall
on Tuesday forenoon. And the earlier that
is done, the more confusion and trouble is
spared to the contributors, and to the officers
of the society, who, upon that day at least,
are kept on sort of civilian double-quick.
By filling out his own list of entries and hand
Ing it to the secretary, each contributor will
obtain his card of designation with greater
certainty and speed The importance of this
suggestion will be appreciated, when it is re-
membered that, besides writing out some
twenty five hundred cards, the secretary has
to transcribe them all upon the books of re-
cord. Exhibitors should scarcely require
their lists made out for them, by one whose
task is certainly more onerous than their own.
What now remains to be said? If there
are any whose interest has aba ted, of late,
from some presumed slight of committee, or
other cause, let them reflect how hard it is to
give perfect satisfaction. 1t, even then, they
cannot overlook fancied personal grievance,
lei them remember that
Zoo err is human-to torgive"-then oUn
For the way of redress is plain. At the
annual meeting, and not at the annual exhi-
bitinn to the detriment of the society, is the
occasion and place for all needful reform in
the management. And so having conducted
our readers to Horticultural Hall, we leave
them to the exhibition for instruction, and to
each other for mutual edi6cation. l..
| NATURAL HIsroRY SoCIETr.-There will
be meeting of the Natural History Society
this evening, at l2 o'clock As this is the
first meeting of the society since the summer
vacation it is hoped that the attendance of
members will be large.
| PURF Arr lie thara n ,uou