Excerpt from Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1847, Vol. 1 Very far from Wishing to depreciate the labors of other Horticultural bodies, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, both as a Society, and through their individual members, has always endeavored to stimulate the efforts of all to encourage and extend Horticulture, being sensible that the existence and prosperity of the Society depended entirely on its widest diffusion. But it must be evident on referring to the quality and number of varieties of fruits at the annual exhibitions in Boston for some years past, that there does exist here a vast accumulation of knowledge and experience in the selection, growth and cultivation of these bounties of Providence - and that in this knowledge and experience, the public demand and have a right to expect to share, in return for the patronage bestowed on the Society with so unsparing a hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.