gg Cincinnati Horticultural Society — Proceedings. [Feb., 



January 10. 



The Society met for the first time in ' Horticultural Hall,' corner 

 of Sixth and Walnut streets. President Warder delivered an able 

 and appropriate Inaugural Address, which was received by the Socie- 

 ty with hearty applause. The Society by unanimous vote, expressed 

 their thanks to the retiring oificers of the past year, for the ability 

 and fidelity with which their respective official duties had been per- 

 formed. 



The Report of the Library Committee was read and received, and 

 several gentlemen voluntarily tendered liberal contributions of ap- 

 propriate books to the Library. On motion of Mr. Heaver, the 

 Society " Resolved that the Librarian be instructed to consult with 

 the Library Committee, with a view of adopting measures to perfect 

 the incomplete volumes of periodicals in the library, and also to adopt 

 measures to raise the number of books to the amount required to 

 enable the Society to claim the bequests emanating from the Smith- 

 sonian Institute. 



The following communication from J. W. Ward, Esq., was re- 

 ceived and read by the President: 



Cincinnati, Jan., 1857. 

 Pres. of Horticultural Society : 



Dear Sir : — I observe in the Report of last Saturday's proceed- 

 ings, the following statement : 



" Mr. John Lee presented an Evergreen from Tennessee — the 

 Eunominous Japo7i{ca." 



Setting aside the bad spelling, there is certainly an error in this 

 statement. By Eunominous, is undoubtedly meant 'Euonymus,' 

 a common shrub in American forests. The error is in the name of 

 the species. I have seen the specimen, and think there can be no 

 doubt of its being Euonymus Americanus, common in Kentucky 

 and Tennessee woods. It closely resembles the E. Purpurea, so fa- 

 miliar in this neighborhood, and all through the Middle States. The 

 Americanus also grows in this State and Indiana, where it is 

 deciduous, becoming evergreen in more southern latitudes. The 

 shrub, in both species, is one of our beautiful, and too long neglect- 

 ed native productions ; some very fair specimens are to be seen in 

 this city, especially an uncommonly large one of the pupurea spe- 

 cies, in the garden of L. B. Harrison, Esq., Fourth street. 



Respectfully yours, J. AV. Ward. 



