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H/5/1883 -1-

May 1st 1883

The Horticultural Society met with
only one family absent that from Longwood
our guests were Miss Laura Moors, Marga
ret Tyson and Carrie Brooke. It was a
fine day tho' cold enough to make us
enjoy the good fire prepared for
us.

The specimens were good and
the flowers especially fine, but most
of them were raised within doors.
From Rockland asparagus, kale, lettuce,
pear vines 3 inches high, cabbage plants 6 in.
and flowers. From Falling Green pea vines
8 inches high, potatoes with sprouts 2 in. high
and flowers. From Alloway pea vines 4 in.
high radishes & lettuce; from Olney as-
-paragus and flowers; from Sharon a
dish of pansies and a large vase of
mixed flowers, from Riverside, flowers and
from Avalon elegant green-house flowers
from Robert R. Moore beet plant 8 in. high
and cucumber seed for distribution

On comparing the specimens with
those mentioned in the minutes of the cor
-responding month last year, this season
seems much later. The poultry report also
shows back-wardness.