390 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTlCLI/rURAL SOCIETY. 



tliirinj; the past year, publishcil a Catalopuo, where- 

 in inoro lliaii livc-sixlhs of the whole work has 

 1)0011 taken from a catalopiio i)iiblisho(l by me; not 

 moroly the substance, but he has eopioil wtinl after 

 wonl, sentence after sentence, anil patje after pa{,'e. 

 Notes anil remarks on t'ruits, ornamental trees, 

 shrubs. Sec, together with most of the i)reface, 

 merely altering it for a ilillerent latitude. In a 

 wonl, it is but little more than a ihiplicate of my 

 Catalogue of 1X44-5. No credit or intimation was 

 given, that any part of it was taken from any other 

 Catalogue. 'I'he gentleman has since assured me 

 that he was not aware that he was doing any thing 

 wrong or imi)roper. Common courtesy, if nothing 

 else, would seem to require that, where extracts 

 are made from other publications, due credit should 

 tjC given. 13. H. 



Cloth of Gold Rose — Several items have ap- 

 peared, regarding the habits of this new yellow 

 Rose. Now I suspect that the Cj.oth of Gold 

 Rose, needs size and age to be a free bloomer, and 

 to realize all our expectations about it. I have seen 

 a plant (one of the (irst imi)orted, I believe) in one 

 of the green houses of the President of the Mass. 

 Horticultural Society, which is very large, being 



I trained under the glass, so as to cover, perhaps, 20 

 I feet. This rose, Mr. Wilokr tells me, blooms 

 profusely in the winter and spring, and indeed, is 

 loaded with llowers. It is spurHrimmed, just like 

 a grape vine, and in its season, is a beautiful sight. 

 Yours, Jl. li. C. Boston. 



{ff^Ouv thanks are very heartily tendered to the 

 Gknesee Valley IIori icultural Society, of 

 New-Y'^ork, and the Steouenville Horticultu- 

 ral SociEi Y, of Ohio, for the distinction they have 

 recently conferred upon us, by electing lis among 

 their honorary members. — Ed. 



Krrata. — Several typographical errors occurred 

 in the last number, which the reader is requested 

 to correct. 



On page 319, "to get into goal," should be "to 

 get into i^aol." 



Page 32.3, for " Mr. Killman," read " Mr. Kill- 

 ynar." 



Page 331, in Miss Bremer's letter, for "the 

 sum of intellectual life,"' read the " suw," &c. 



Page 344, for " economical and mental purposes," 

 read " economical and ornamental purposes." 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Society held a stated meeting, Saturday, 

 Jan. 2, 1847— President Wilder in the chair. 



Parker Barnes having declined to act upon the 

 flower committee, Wm. B. Richards was appointed 

 to fill the vacancy. 



Cheever Newhall, as Chairman of the Finance 

 Committee, reported the state of the treasury, Dec. 

 31, 1846, as follows: 



Receipts from April 1 to Dec. 31, 1846. 



Balance ill Treasury, April 1, S10 27 



Donalioii for special premiums, 



Rent of ?iore,. 



Rent of ball, 



Rec'd for tickets of admission, 



■' ailmission fees and assessments, 



" interest on Lyman Fund, 



$3346 34 

 Erpenditiires from April 1 to Dec. 31, 1846 



Paid premiums, f " 



" Door Keeper and care of hall, 



" Fixtures of hall, 



" Gas, 



" Diplomas, 



" Interest on loan, 



" Taxes, 



" liibrary department, 



" Printing, 



" Salary of Treasurer and Secretary,- • ■ 



' ' Two vases, ; 



" Medals from London Hort. Society,- • • 



" One large iron s;ife, • 



" Premium for slock on investing the 



Lvman Fund, 



" Incidental expenses at anniversary and 



other times during the year, 



•' Miscellaneous expenses,. 



'• B;dance in hands of Treasurer, Dec. 



31, 1846, 



81042 00 



2.56 60 



20S 0.5 



17 60 



40 50 



750 00 



90 00 



51 18 



25 67 



100 00 



95 00 



20 94 



109 36 



80 00 



181 00 

 •218 86 



59 58 



S3346 34 



Also, in conformity to a provision in the By- 

 Laws of the Society, the Committee on Finance 

 submit the following account of the property of 

 the Association, viz.: 



Horticultural Hall in School si. valued at-- $36,000 



Three cliandeliers in said Hall, 390 



Two marble vases, •-- -• 95 



Two eleffant china vases, the gift of Josiah 



Bradlee, Esq., 



A large quanlity of glass and other wares 



used lo exhibit frnit.s and flowers, 



Library o( the Societyconsisling of about 300 

 volumes, some of wliich are rare and cost- 

 ly, 



Furniture of the Library room and safe, 



Appletoti Fund, invested in llie Mass. Hospital 



Life Insurance Company, ■ 



Lowell Fund, invested in said Company, 



Lyman Fund, invested in shares of the Shoe 

 and Leather Dealers' Bank, 



150 



900 



1,200 

 300 



1,000 

 1,000 



1,000 



812.0.35 

 The only debt of the Society known to the Com- 

 mittee, is a note secured by mortgage on their real 

 estate, for Fifteen Thousand Dollars, dated May 

 18, 1844, payable in five years, with interest at the 

 rate of five per cent, per annum, payable half- 

 yearly. For the Finance Committee. 



Cheever Newhall, Chairman. 

 Boston, January 2, 1847. 



Voted, That the report of the Finance Committee 

 be accepted and placed with the transactions of the 

 last year. 



Mr. Samuel Walker oflFered the following reso- 

 lution : 



Whereas Ebenezer Wight, Esq., has dis- 

 charged the duties of Recording Secretary, with 



