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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



publicalifin of n repnlar series ol" tlie 'J'ruiisnctioiis of the So- 

 cieiy I and lliorcforc reconimeiul, uiiuiiiniously, thai these 

 Traiwuciioiis should be published wiih numerous colored en- 

 gravings, and outlines ol' fruits nnd flowers, executed in the 

 best possible manner, by tlie most distinjjuished artists of the 

 country, and more particularly of such I'ruits and flowers as 

 are ut' native origin, mid in accordance with a vote of the So- 

 ciety, submit the following as an outline of their plan and 

 mode of publication 



1st. That tlie work be entitled, " Transactions of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society," and that no pains or ex- 

 pense be spared to make it worthy, both of tlie Society, and 

 of the advanced and still advancing progress of Horticulture. 



2d. That the I'orm shall be royal octavo, which size the 

 Committee believe will afford suflicient room for any fruits 

 or flowers, of which plates may be required. 



3d. That the work be stereotyped, and also the proceedings 

 of the Society, and bound together at the period of its publica- 

 tion. 



•Ith. The Committee contemplate to publish the work quar- 

 terly, or oftener, if necessary; and estimate the cost of 1000 

 copies of each number as follows : 



For 4000 (more or less) splendid colored engravings, 

 say, $600 



Stereotyping, 70 



Printing, paper, wrappers, &c., &0 



$750 



5th. To charge the members of the Society seventy-five 

 cents, and the public one dollar for each part, which, inclu- 

 ding the publisher's comnoiissioii, will be about the prime cost 

 of t.'ie work- 



The Committee would suggest that the Society, at some fu- 

 ture time, otfer premiums for essays on Horticultural subjects, 

 for the purpose of publishing wiih the Transactions of the So- 

 ciety, and thereby render the work valuable to its members, 

 and extremely usel'ul to the public 



It wi I be seen by this plan, and these estimates, that your 

 Committee contemplate the execution of the work in the very 

 best style of excellence, believing that the sale of the work, 

 executed in this manner, will pay all the expenses, yet, if it 

 be only just above mediocrity, it may entail loss on the friends 

 of the Society. 



Your Committee would further state, that for the present, 

 and until the demand for the work, by tlie members of the 

 Society and the public, shall have been ascertained, that they 

 intend to publish only two hundred copies of the first and se- 

 cond numbers ; to enable them to do this, and prepare draw- 

 ings, &.C lor future numbers, it may require the sum of one 

 thousand dollars. After the two first parts are published, it is 

 expected the sales will furnish the means to publish the suc- 

 ceeding numbers. Therefore 



Voted, That the Committee of publication be requested to 

 draw up and publish a prospectus of the Transactirns of the 

 Society, in accordance with the above plan, and proceed to 

 print and publish said work at such periods as they may deem it 

 expedient, and that they be, and hereby are, authorized to 

 draw on the Treasurer of the Society for any sum not ex- 

 ceeding one thousand dollars, to defray the expenses thereof. 

 All of which is respectfully siibmitted. 



By order of the Committee. 



Samitel Walicer. 



Voted, That the report of the Committee of Publication be 

 acceptedd. 



The President reported, verbally, that he had petitioned the 

 Legislature for a grant, equal to the patronage bestowed 

 heretofore on Agricultural Societies, by the State, as request- 

 ed by the Society. 



Voted. That the meeting be dissolved. 



April 3, 1847. — President Wilder in the Chair. 



A letter was received from Josiah Bradlee, Esq., an ho- 

 norary member of the Society, enclosing a check for five 

 hundred dollars, for the purpose of being added to the perma- 

 nent fund for premiums on fruits and flowers, and it was 



Voted. That the thanks of the Society be presented to our 

 highly esteemed honorary member, Josiah Bradlee, Esq., for 

 his liberal donation of five hundred dollars. Also, 



Voted, That the above vote be trunsmitled to Mr. Bradlee, 

 with a complinieiiliiry letter by the Corresponding Secretary. 



The President Hlaii'd, that some months since, he bad 

 placed ill the hands of Mr. De\Vall, a corresponding member, 

 residing at Antwerp, a private order for ^cions or trees of any 

 new varieties of pears, that he might be able to furnish, and 

 that it appeared iVom an extract of this gentleman's letter, 

 that he considered the order official, and should send a pack- 

 age tor the Society, sijice which no advices from him hod been 

 received. 



The President further stated, that he had responded in part, 

 to the intimated wishes ol Mr. De Wall, by forwarding 7 

 vols, of valuable books, and should attend to his remaining re- 

 quests, as early as practicable, at his own expense ; that 

 should such a package arrive at this late season, it would re- 

 quire immediate attention, and he desired the direction of the 

 Society, remarking that if it was disposed of in accordance 

 wth the original order, he should be happy to dispense scions 

 to the Fruit Oimmittee, of any varieties that may prove desi- 

 rable. Whereupon the following vote was passed : 



Whereas, the President having given a private order for 

 tree.-, and scions to Mr. De Wall, and having also responded 

 to this gentleman's orders at his own expense — therefore. 



Voted, That should such a package arrive t'rom Mr. Do 

 Wall, that the President be authorized to take it to his own 

 account, dispensing, as he has liberally ofliered, scions to the 

 Fruit Committee, of such as may prove desirable. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of the notice of their 

 election as corresponding members of the society, were re- 

 ceived from the following gentlemen: 



George B. Emerson, Boston ; Prof. Asa Gray, Cambridge ; 

 Prot". E. N. Horsford, Cambridge; J. B. Russell, Cmciwiati; 

 Luther Tucker, Albany ; Wm. D Brinckle, M. D., Philadel- 

 phia. 



Voted, That the thinks of the Society be presented to Geo. 

 B. Emerson, Esq., for a copy of his '• Report upon the Trees 

 and Shrubs growing naturally in the forests of Massachu- 

 sells." 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to J. B. 

 Russell, Esq., of Cincinnati, for Packages of new seed, from the 

 Rocky Mountains, and that the seed be placed in the hands of 

 the Committee on Flowers for distribution 



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

 Buist, Esq., of Philadelphia, for a copy of the 2nd edition of 

 his Manual upon the culture of the Rose. 



A communication was received from William R. Smith, 

 Esq.. of Macedoii, New-York, accompanied with scions of 

 the following varieties of fruits. Red Canada and Early Joe 

 Apples; and Onondaga and Osband's Summer Pears. 



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

 R. Smith, E.sq., and that the scions be placed in the hands of 

 the Committee of Fruits for distribution, and that the Record- 

 ing Secretary be requested to register the names of snch 

 members as may receive the same. 



Voted, That the twentieth section of the by-laws of the So- 

 ciety, be amended by striking out all after the word " them" 

 in the twenty-second line, to the end of the section. 



April 10, 1847. — President AVilder in the chair. 



Voted, That in consequence of the intention of this Society 

 to publish its transactions, the materials of the Society will in 

 future be wanted lor its own work, and will not be allowed 

 to be used for any other publication. 



The scions received t>om William R. Smith, Esq., of Newr- 

 York, were distributed to the members of the Society. 



A communication was received from A. H. Ernst, Esq., of 

 Cincinnati, a corresponding member of the Society, accom- 

 panied with a package of scions of fourteen varieties of Ap- 

 pies, and one of Pears. 



Voted. That the thanks of the Society be presented to A. H. 

 Ernst, Esq., that the communication be placed in the hands 

 of the Committee of Publication, and the grafts in the bands 

 of the Committee on Fruits for distribution among the mem- 

 bers. 



Voted, That the tickets for the Annual Exhibition be pre- 

 pared as heretofore. 



Edward C. K. Walker, Rec. Sec. 



