Transactions of the Worcester County Horticultural Society

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Excerpt from Transactions of the Worcester County Horticultural Society: For the Years 1857, -'8, -'9, -1860, -'61, -'62, -'63 and 1864, Embracing Addresses of Ex-Presidents Lincoln and Jaques, Also of President HillAt the Annual Meeting of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, holden on the fourth day of January, a.d. 1865, the Committee on Publication were instructed to collect and publish the Transactions of the Society from the year 1857 to the date of the meeting. This task, delegated by the Committee to the Secretary, does not appear to require an elaborate Introduction or Preface. All that it would seem indispensable to state is, that owing to the lapse of time and the indifference of Chairmen of Committees, and, quite possibly, other causes now inexplicable, many Reports are wholly lost. Such is the case unfortunately, with the entire series for 1858. Alhthat remained to be done, to remedy this misfortune, so far as practicable, was to transcribe the lists of Premiums awarded, from the columns of the daily press, in which they had happily been preserved. The courtesy of the proprietors of the Spy and Transcript is cordially acknowledged. But the fact that the Society is indebted to the files of newspapers, to complete a gap in the issue of its Transactions, is of itself conclusive evidence that the action at the Annual Meeting was neither inexpedient nor premature. That the publication involves considerable expense is an objection which would be urged with equal force against the very existence of the Society.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.