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recommended. The climate and soil of Worcester i was held at Syracuse on the 17th ult., when a So- 

 county are remarkably favourable to fruit culture, ciety under the above title was organized, a Con- 

 and tliis pamphlet is wortliy of the attention of those stitution and By-laws adopted, and the following 

 ■who desire to know something more of the spirit officers appointed : — E. W. Levenwortli, Piest., 

 ■which governs its Horticultural Society. Rufus Cossist, Asahel Dojbcar, James G. Tracey, 



and Dr. Loomis, Vice Presiilents; Thomas Smith, 

 Onondaga Horticultural Society. — A meet- I Treasurer; D. C. Leiloy, Cor. Secretary, and C. B. 

 ing of the frienils of horticultural improvement, | Sedgwick, Rec. Secretary. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Saturday, March 6i!i 1S47.— The President in llie Chair. 



The Committee to whom was intrusted the publishing of 

 the Transactions of the Society, reported verbally that their 

 work had been accomplished. 



Voted, That the foregoing report be accepted, and that co- 

 pies of the Transactions of the Society be laid upon the table 

 for distribution among the members of the Society. 



The Committee of publication submitted a report upon the 

 publishing of a new series of the Transactions of the Society, 

 and it was 



Voted, That the subject be recommitted to the same Com- 

 mittee, with instructions to report a detailed plan of prosecu- 

 tion, ■with an estim.ite of the cost, the period of publication, 

 the price at which it can be aflorded to the members of the 

 Society and the public, and report to the meeting as soon as 

 practicable. 



Voted, That the President of the Society be requested to pe- 

 tition the Legislature now in session, to extend the same pat- 

 ronage to the Massachusetts Hort. Society, that it does to the 

 various Agricultural Societies of the State, to aid in carrying 

 forward the general purposes of the Society, but especially to 

 enable the Society to prosecute with vigor the publication 

 of their Transactions, in which are to be described and iigured 

 the fruits and flowers of New-England, and particularly of 

 Massachusetts 



A communication, accompanied with the Transactions of 

 the Convention of Farmers, held in New- York, was received 

 from the Hon. H. A S. Dearborn, and it was 



Voted, That the the thanks of the Society be presented to 

 the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. 



A description, with colored plates, of two new pears, was 

 received from W. D. Brinckle, M. D., of Philadelphia, a cor- 

 responding member of the Society, and it was 



Voted, To place it in the hands of the Committee of Publi- 

 cation. 



Josiah Lovett, of Beverly, presented the Society with a let- 

 ter from Thomas Close, M. D. of Port Chester, in regard to 

 two new apples. 



Voted, To appoint a Committee to set the days of the next 

 Annual Exhibition of the Society, and Samuel Walker, E. X. 

 Richards, and C. M. Hovey, were appointed that committee. 



John Washburn, Jr., of Plymouth, was elected a subscrip- 

 tion member. 



Geo. B. Emerson, Esq. was elected a corresponding mem- 

 ber. 



March 13, 1S47. — President Wilder in the Chair. 



The Committee on the Library, submitted the following re- 

 port : 



The Committee on the Library, having recently re-arranged 

 ihe books, and pul)lished a new catalogue, which has been 

 bound up with the Transactions of the Society, respectfully 

 beg leave to report: 



For the last two or three years but little money has been 

 appropriated for the purchase of books, and in consequence 

 but few new works have been added to the Library. The 

 Committee had intended, on presenting their annual report, to 

 have asked for an appropriation for the coming year, but in 

 this they have been anticipated by a vole of the Society, and 

 the amount of $yOO placed at their di.-;posal, for the purchase 

 of such books as may be selected from a list to be presented 

 to the Society. 



Agreeably thereto, your Committee would recommend the 

 following works : 



To complete Sets already in the Library. — The Transactions 

 of the London Horticultural Society up to the completion of 



their quarto publication, and a continuation of them in octavo 

 form, the first volume of which (in quarto by uos.) has just 

 been completed. 



Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, to complete the work up 

 to its discontinuance, about 15 vols. 



Noisette's Jardni Fruitier, in 2 vols witli coloured plates. 



Poiteau's Pomologie Francaise, several volumes with col- 

 ored plates. 



Michaux's Sylva, to complete the work, 3 vols. 



New Worlds. — Paxton's Magazine of Botany, II vols. 



Loudon's Rural Cemeteries, 1 voL 

 " Hortus Ligiiosus, 1 vol. 

 " Encyclopedia of Trees, Shrubs, &c., 1 vol. 



Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom, 1 vol, 



Torrey and Gray's Flora, 1 vol. 

 - A Manual of Practical Draining, 1 vol. 



Low's Breeds of Domestic Animals, -1 vols., witli splendid 

 coloured plates. 



Mrs. Loudon's Ladies' Companion, 1 vol. 



The Farmer's Dictionary, 1 vol. 



The American Poulterer's Companion, 1 vol. 



Should all these works be thought desirable to purchase or 

 should members have any other books which tliey would wish 

 the Committee to add to tlie list,the amount required would ex- 

 ceed the appropriation. Your Committee believe that the sum of 

 $300 should be expended in the puicliase of the most useful 

 books in the list annexed.and that the Committee be authorized 

 should they deem it advisable to the iiilerests of the Society 

 to purchase others, to have at iheir disposal $i(;0 for wluch 

 they shall render a list at their next annual meeting. 



They would hilorm the Society, that they have made 

 choice of R. M. Copeland as Librarian, with' the salary of 

 $50 per annum, and that they have set apart the hours from 11 

 to 1 o'clock of every Saturday of the year, when the Library 

 will be open. 



The regulations of the Library will be strictly enforced, and 

 books kept out longer than the specified time, will be charged 

 in a book for that purpose, to all members who do not comply 

 with the rules established by the Society. 



Believing that in no way can the inierests of the Society 

 be so well sustained, as in the possessici; of a valuable Libra- 

 ry, where the amateur, or professional man, may resort for 

 information on all subjects connected wiih the horticultural 

 art, your Committee respectfidlv submit this report. 

 C.'M. Hovey, ) 

 Joseph Breck, [ Committee. 

 K. M. Copeland, ) 



Voted, That the rejiort be accepted to llie t'ull amount of the 

 appropriation, viz: SSOO. 



The Committee of Publication submitted a report in refe- 

 rence to the publishing of a new series of the Transactions of 

 the Society, and it was 



Voted, That the matter be recommitted to the same commit- 

 tee, with insiructions to furnish an estimate in detail of liie 

 cost of publication. 



Voted, That the Recording Secretary he requested to send, 

 ihnnigh the collector, a copy of the Transactions of the Soci- 

 ety to each of the members, and to such Horticultural, Agri- 

 cuhural, and Literary Societies as may be deemed advisable. 



March 20, 1847. — President AVilder in the Chair. 



The Commmittee on Publication submiited ihe following 

 report : 



The Committee on Publication, of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society respectfully represent, that they have accu- 

 mulated sufficient matter to enable them to enter upon the 



