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Norwood
April 10th 1907

Promptly at 12 o'clock, the members began to arrive
Every family was represented - The opening remarks
by our President "I am glad to congratulate the
Horticultural upon coming to-gether again with an
unbroken membership, and tho' there are sad associations
connected with this time of year, we
still have much to be thankful for, particularly
so if we but compare our lot with those who are
starving and dying by hundreds, in less favored lands.

Our Society is becoming one of the oldest associations
of the neighborhood and I hope every
member will feel it a conscientious duty to add
their might in keeping up the interest and sustaining
the reputation of its past history. If we look back
forty years we will find that two other similar
associations have been inaugurated thro' the influence
of our society in leading the way, to say
nothing of the benefit it has been in teaching us
to appreciate and love the cultivation of fruits
vegetables and flowers, and thereby adding to
the comfort and happiness of ourselves and others."

The minutes of last meeting held Oct. 2nd at
Riverside, were read and approved.
Readers; 1st Eliza Moore was excused, a bad cold
preventing the use of her voice. Her sister read "A
a plea for some old friends and a petition for
some new ones" an essay written by her for
the farmers Institute. It is so excellent and interesting
an article, it is difficult to find any sentence
which can be shared, in making a synopsis
for this paper. It is a plea for the preservation
of the historic trees of our country and for