MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETINGS. 



Sept. 22, 1S49 — President Samuel Walker in the chair. 

 Voted, That the sum of $2.5 be paid by Hie treasurer to 

 Mr. David Haggerston, I'or the services rendered by him 

 daring the annual exhibition. 



Vottd, That a committee of three be appointed by the 

 chair, to nominate a list of officers, professors and commit- 

 tees for the coming year, and report at the next meeting. 



Messrs. Josiah Lovett, 2d., David Haggerston and E. M. 

 Richards were appointed that committee 



Complaint having been made by members and others, 

 contributors to the annual exhibition, of the loss of their 

 contributions, it was 



Vot'd, That a committee of three be appointed by the 

 chair, to take into consideration wnat means can be adopted 

 to prevent the occurrence of like loss for the future; and 

 Messrs. Joseph Breck, David Haggerston and R. M. Cope- 

 land were appointed said committee. 



The President, in behalf of the executive committee, ap- 

 plied for the loan of the dishes, phials, &c, of the society, 

 for the use of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, at their an- 

 nual show; and it w is 



Voted, That the society loan to the Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society such of their glass ware as they may wish, to use 

 at their exhibition, — said society paying all the expense of 

 transportation, labor, breakage,' &c.&c. 



Sept. 20.— President Samuel Walker in the chair. 



The committee appointed at the last meeting to nominate 

 a list of officers, professors and committees, for the coming 

 year, submitted a printed list, which was recommitted to 

 the same committee, with instructions to make such altera- 

 tions as were rendered necessary by the declining of nomi- 

 nees. 



The committee appointed to take into consideration the 

 adoption of means to prevent the loss of contributions to the 

 exiubitions of the society, submitted the following report: 



The committee appointed to investigate the subject of 

 purloining fruit and vegetables from the hall of the society, 

 at the close of the last exhibition, report that they have 

 made diligent inquiry, but have not received information 

 sufficient to substantiate a charge against any person. The 

 committee consider the offence one of the most aggravated 

 and disgraceful character, and recommend tnat, for the fu- 

 ture, if any member of the society be detected in an act so 

 mean and contemptible, that he be expelled from the so- 

 ciety. Or if it be any one in the employ of tiie society, that 

 he be forthwith discharged from that service. 



The committee recommend that, on future occasions, a 

 committee of three be chosen, whose duty it shall be to be 

 present during the clearing of the hall, and attend to the 

 delivery of fruits, vegetables, &c, and in no case to deliver 

 to any other person than the contributor, without a written 

 order. Joseph Breck, Chairman. 



Voted, That the report of the committee be accepted, and 

 placed upon the records of the society. 



Mr. C. M. Hovey, as chairman of the committee ap- 

 pointed to prepare and present to Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn 

 the first president of the society, the Society's Gold Medal, 

 as a mark nt esteem for the essential services he rendered 

 to the science of horticulture, and the interest of the society, 

 during the period he presided over its affairs, reported that 

 they had attended to the duty assigned them, and submitted 

 the following correspondence : 



Boston, Sept 27. 1949. 



Hon. H. A- S. Dearborn — Dear Sir: Agreeably to a 

 vote of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, passed at 

 the annual meeting, Jan 6th, 1549, a copy of which is en- 

 closed, we now, in accordance with that vote, have the 

 pleasure of presenting you with the Society's Gold Medal. 



Many years have passed away since you presided at the 

 head of our association; when your zeal in the cause of hor- 

 ticultural science— your untiring exertions to render popular 

 the pleasing pursuit, to which it is essentially devoted — your 

 arduous labors while guiding ils affairs in the infancy of its 

 organization, and your extensive correspondence with gen- 

 tlemen of science in every country and clime, gave the so- 

 ciety a standing and position, which has since caused it to 

 be looked upon as the parent association of our country. 



As a small but not the less earnest tribute for your labors, 

 «■« the fiist president of the society, at a period when, in ad- 



dition to horticultural affairs, that noble monument of your 

 devotion to ils interests— Mt. Auburn Cemetery — was pro- 

 jected, we HOW present you with the Society's Gold Medal, 

 and beg your acceptance of the same. 



With the assurance of our best wishes for your health and 

 prosperity, we have the honor, fee, Respectfully yours, 

 C M. Hovey, ) 



Cheever Newhall. > Committee. 

 E. M. Ricuarus, ) 



Httothorn Cottage, Roxbury, Sept. 28, 1849. 



Gentlemen — This afternoon I received, with great plea- 

 sure, your very kind letter, and the beautiful gold medal, 

 winch tiie Massachusetts Horticultural Society has so gene- 

 rously conferred upon me; and I request that you will do 

 me tiie favor of presenting my grateful acknowledgments 

 to the members of that important institution for the honor 

 they have done me. I deeply regret, however, that my 

 humble efforts to promote one of the most interesting brunch- 

 es of rural industry, have not been more worthy of such 

 distinguished consideration, and so precious a reward. 



For the very favorable manner in which you have been 

 pleased to estimate the very limited service I have attempted 

 to render my fellow citizens, who are interested in the vari- 

 ous departments of useful and ornamental cultivation, 1 offer 

 my sincere thanks. 



With the most ardent aspirations for the prosperity of the 

 society, and your individual happiness, 



I have the honor, gentlemen, of being 



Your much obliged and obedient serv't, 

 H A. S Deareorn. 



October 6. — The annual election of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, for the choice of officers, professors and 

 committees for the coming year, took place at their library 

 rooms, School-street, Oct. 6th. Vice-President Cheever 

 Newhall in the chair. 



V ted, That the polls be kept open 30 minutes, for the 

 election. 



The chair appointed Josiah Newhall and A. D. Williams, 

 jr , a committee to assort, count, and report the number of 

 votes given, who reported the following list as unanimously 

 elected : 



President— SAMUEL WALKER. 



Vice-Presidents — Benjamin V. French, Cheever New- 

 hall, Edward M. Richards, Joseph S- Cabot. 



Treasurer — William R. Austin. 



Corresponding Secretary — Eben. Wight. 



Recording Secrttary — E. C. R. Walker. 



Professor of Botany and Vege:able Physiology — John Lewis 

 Russell. 



Professor of Entomology— T W. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — E. N Horsford. 



Committee on Fruits — Joseph S. Cabot, Chairman; Eben. 

 Wight, Josiah Lovett, Joseph Breck, Robert Manning, 

 George R Russell, C. M. Hovey. 



Committee on Flowers — David Haggerston, Chairman ; Al- 

 exander McLennan, Win. B Richards, E. A. Story, Lyman 

 F. Winship, E. C. R Walker, Parker Barnes. 



Committee on Vegetables — A. D. Williams, jr., Chairman ; 

 William B. Kingsbury. James Nugent, Azell Bowditch, 

 Aaron D. Weld, S W. Cole, George Pierce. 



Committee on the Library — Charles M. Hovey, Chairman; 

 Henry W. Duttou, R. M Copeland, Joseph Breck, John 

 Owen. 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruit — M. P. Wilder, Chair- 

 man; P. B. Hovey, Robert Manning, Josiah Lovett, and 

 Chairman of the Fruit Committee. 



Executive Committee- The President, Chairman ; the 

 Treasurer, Marshall P. Wilder, E. M. Richards. Otis John- 

 son. 



Committee for establishing Premiums — Chairmen of the 

 Committees on Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables, Josiah Lo- 

 vett and P. B. Hovey. ' 



Finance Committee— Marshall P. Wilder, Chairman ; Jo- 

 siah Stickney, Olis Johnson. 



Committee of Publication — Eben. Wight, Chairman; Jo- 

 siah Lovett, Joseph Breck, the Recording Secretary, and 

 the Chairmen of the Committees on Fruits, Flowers and Ve- 

 getables. 



Daniel Denny, of Boston, was elected a member of the 

 society. Edward C. R. Walker, Rec. Sec'y. 



