The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-06
RECEPTION.
Annual Event Of the
Society.
HORTICULTURISTS.
Will Entertain Prominent
Guests This Week.

Members of the Horticultural So
ciety have almost completed plans
for their annual reception and
| banquet to be held at Horti-
cultural Hall, next Wednesday. In
vitations have been issued to many of
the most prominent horticulturists in
New England, and a large list of ac-
ceptances have been received.
The informal reception will begin at
$50 and will last an hour. Then the
members, guests and their wives will
go to dinner. When the covers are re-
moved President o. B. Hadwen will in
troduce Hon. Henry L. Parker, the
POSTMASTER, who will introduce many
| distinguished speakers. Oratory will be
on tap till 8. Is, which has been selected
as the dead line At that hour the
party will adjourn to the floor below
dancing beginning promptly at $50.
Arthur ]. Marble will have charge of
the dancing, having as aids w. H.
Stanley, c. D. Thayer, w. l. Allen, F.
| Fl. Hammond Arthur Hartshorn,
Henry Rich and Edward Watts.
| The following is the reception COM
mittee and list of invited guests from
]
| to toasts:
Reception committee--Col. s. e. Win
slow. C. L. Hartshorn, Maj. F. G.. Stiles,
| Nathaniel Paine, Charles Greenwood,
f. H. Chamberlain, Fred A. Blake,
Henry l.. Parker, H. F. A Lange, ].
c. Machines. A. Swan Brown, F. A,
| Harrington, f. B. Crane. DR.. c. f.
Hodge, Joseph Jackson, H. p. Watts,
j. B. Bowker, Q. b. Hadwen, A. A
HiXon.
The invited guests are: F. H. Apple
ton, president Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society, Gen. H. w. Wilson OF
Boston, Hon. e. w. Beard of Boston
Patrick Norton of Boston, John Far
quhar of Boston, ]. E. C. Farnham
president Rhode Island Horticultural
Society, C. w. Smith of Providence
George Cruicksbind of Fitchburg, pres.
ident of the Fruit Growers Association
Prof. S. T. Maynard of Amherst, f. P
Chaplin of Springfield, president Hamp-
den County horticultural Society, Rev
W. T. Hutchins, president Spring
field Amateur Horticultural Society
G. A. Bowen of Woodstock, Conn; e
F. Corey of Northboro; President H. H
cultural College, Abel F. Stew
ems of Wellesley, John r. Thayer
Mayor r. B. Dodge, Jr,, c. F. Carroll,
Homer r. Lewis, e. r. Goodwin, DR.. r
c. Mendenhall, S. s. Green, j. Evarts
Greene, Stephen Salisbury, James Lo-
gan, Warren Jewett j. Lewis Els
worth, Col. w. S. B. Hopkins.
4 The Massachusetts Fruitgrowers' AS
ISOLATION will begin their two days SEES
sion in Horticultural hall Wednesday
morning. At the morning session Prof
c. H. Fernald of Amherst Agricultural
College will lecture on Insects injuri-
Gus to orchard fruits" In the afternoon
will come the election of officers.
/ Thursday morning Ethelbert Bliss OF
Wilbraham will talk on "Peach growing
in Massachusetts, In the. afternoon
Abel f. Stevens of Wellesley will speak
on New methods in horticulture"
The Market Gardeners Association
will meet Saturday afternoon. There
will be a question box
At the meeting of the Massachusetts
| Horticultural Society in Boston Satur-
day, no action was taken to move from
the present building to Boylston and
Exeter streets. Adjournment was taken
| by q. vote of 40 to 80. The lot of the pro-
posed site has 10000 square feet and it
was the original recommendation of the
joint committee that ii be purchased at
a uniform rate of S14. a proposal from
| the Boston S5 Albany road was read Of
fering to sell 1900 square feet at $16 a
| foot and $500 for $12. o. B. Hadwen of
l this city was one of the strongest
speakers opposing the relinquishing of
the old site with Its wealth of associa-
tons