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assiduity and untiring zeal, and until the present 

 season without compensation or reward; therefore 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be present- 

 ed to our late Recordin^r Secretary, Ebenezer 

 VV^iGHT, Esq., for his valuable services; and also 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed 

 bytheXJhair, to purchase a gold pen, a gold pencil 

 case and an ornamental inkstand, or any other ar- 

 ticle more acceptable to Mr. Wight, in value not 

 exceeding fifty dollars, and have a suitable inscrip- 

 tion engraved thereon, and present the same, in 

 behalf of the Society, to our esteemed member, 

 Ebenezer Wight, Esq., our late Recording Sec- 

 retary. 



Messrs. Samuel Walker, E. J\I. Richards and C. 

 M. Hovey were appointed a Committee to carry 

 the above resolutions into eflect. 



Communications were received from the Ame- 

 rican Agricultural Association, and 



Voted, The thanks of the Society to the Ameri- 

 can Agricultural Association. 



An amendment to the 20th section of the By- 

 Laws was proposed by Samuel Walker, as follows, 

 viz : To strike out all after the word " them," in 

 the 22d line from the top, to the end of said section, 

 being the last line in page 9 of our present edition 

 of the By-Laws. 



Voted, That the foregoing amendment be entered 

 on the Journal, to be acted upon at the stated meet- 

 ing of the Society in April next. 



A communication was received and read from 

 Samuel Brooks, Esq. of Chicago, Illinois; and it 

 was voted that it be referred to the Corresponding 

 Secretary to answer. 



The following list of gentlemen was then pro- 

 posed bj' the Executive Committee, for honorary 

 and corresponding membership, viz : 



Honorary — Baron Justus Liebig, Giessen. 



Dr. I>indley, London. 



Hon. Tiieodore Frelinghuseii, New York. 



Col. Thomas H. Perkins, Brookliue. 



J. P. Cusliing, Esq., Walertowa. 



Judge Davis. 



Josiah Bradlee, Esq. 

 JStephen H. Smith, Esq. and 



Dr. Munson. 

 Corresponding — Professor Asa Gray, Cambridge ; 



Edmund Beck, Esq , Worton Coll. Isleworth, near 

 London ; 



C. Mcintosh, Esq., Dalkeith Palace, near Edin- 

 burgh ; 



Joseph Paxton, Esq., Cliatsworth, England ; 



R. Glendenning, Esq., Chiswici, near London ; 



E. N. Ilorsford, Albany; 



Henry Colman, Esq.; 



Rev. Henry W. Beecher, Editor Western Farmer 

 and Gardener, Indiana ; 



A. B. Allen, Esq , Editor American Agriculturist, 

 New York ; 



liUther Tucker, Esq., Editor Cultivator, Albany ; 



Thomas Rivers, Esq.. Sawbridgeworlh, Eng.; 



Monsieur Laffay, Bellevue, near Paris, France; 



R. Buist, E.sq., Philadelphia ; 



J. B. Russell, Esq , Cincinnati, Ohio; 



Dr. H. D. Brinkle, Philadelphia; 



Capt. James P. Gerry, U. S. Navy ; 



Hon. George Lunt, Ncwburyport; 



and the above named gentlemen were elected una- 

 nimously. 



Edward C. R. Walker, Rec. Secretary. 



The Society held an adjourned meeting 'Satur 



day, January 9, 1847. President Wilder in the 

 Chair. 



The following resolution was offered by the 

 Executive Committee: 



Whereas, the Committee for establishing premi- 

 ums have submitted a list to the Executive Com- 

 mittee, not in accordance, in some respects, with 

 the appropriation; and whereas, the offering of 

 premiums for large designs, such as temples, pago- 

 das and the like, is decreed not to be in good taste, 

 and calculateil to encourage the skill of the archi- 

 tect rather than that of the florist; therefore. 



Voted, That in conformity with a desire ex- 

 pressed by the committee for establishing premi- 

 ums, the particular appropriation for designs and 

 decorating, be dispenseil with, and that the follow- 

 ing apportionment to the respective departments 

 be made instead of that ordered by the vote on the 

 26th Dec. last. 



For Special Prize, $100 



'• Fruits, 4.50 



" Decorations,. G50 



" Vegetables, 150 



Sl,a30 



Voted, That the foregoing resolution be accept- 

 ed. 



The Committee appointed to examine the ac- 

 counts of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, reported 

 that they had attended to that duty, and have re- 

 ceived of Geo. W. Bond, Esq., Treasurer of said 

 Association, the sum of three tliousand two hun- 

 dred and thirty-three dollars and fortj'-one cents, 

 being the Society's proportion of the nett receipts 

 for the year ending Dec. 31, 1846. 



The Committee also report that they have paid 

 this sum into the treasury. 



Voted, That the foregoing report be accepted 

 and placed upon the records. 



The Executive Committee reported verbally, 

 that they had renewedly made claim for the Socie- 

 ty's proportion of the amount received for private 

 interments at Mount Auburn. 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed, 

 at large, to nominate thirteen persons to act as a 

 Committee of Arrangements to superintend the an. 

 nual exhibition, and Messrs. David Haggerston, 

 Otis Johnson and Samuel Walker were appointed 

 that committee. 



Voted, That the Lowell medals shall correspond 

 in size and value with the Appleton medals, and 

 that the committee on medals be and hereby are 

 authorized and instructed to procure suitable dies 

 for this purpose. 



On motion of Mr. Cheever Newhall, it was 



Voted, That a sum, not exceeding $300, of any 

 money in the Treasur)' not otherwise appropriated, 

 be placed at the disposal of the Library Commit- 

 tee for the increase of the Library, and that said 

 committee report a list of such books as they re- 

 commend to the Society for approval. 



Voted, To place in the hands of the Library Com- 

 mittee the sum of fifty dollars to be appropriated 

 for tlie salary of the Librarian. 



On motion of Mr. Cheever Newhall, 



Voted, That the Committee of Finance be in- 

 structed to invest $2,600 of tlie amount received 



