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PENNSYLVANIA HORT. SOCIETY. 



ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, and to oause a Suitable 

 inscription to be placed thereon, and to present the same, 

 ■with tlie above vote of tlianks, to Mr. Wilder, in belialf of 

 the Society, as a tribute of the regard and esteem of its mem- 

 bers. 



Messrs. B. V. French, C. Newliall, and J. S. Cabot, were 

 appointed this committee. 



Mr. C. M. HovEY presented the following vote, \vhich was 

 unanimously adopted : 



Voted, That the Society's gold medal be presented to Gen. 

 H. A. S. Dearborn, tlie first President of this Society, for 

 the essential services he rendered to the science of horticul- 

 ture and the interest of the Society, during tlie period he 

 presided over its ati'airs; and tliat a committee of three be 

 appointed by tlie Chair to carry out the above vote. 



The Chair appointed Messrs. C. M. Hovey, C. Newhall, 

 and E. M. Richards, as the committee. 



The following resolutions were presented by Dr. E. 

 Wight, which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That tliis Society hold in high estimation the 

 eminent attainments of .Tames E. Teschemacher, Esq., in 

 the various departments of literature and .science. 



Resolved, That tlie thanks of this Society be tendered to 

 Mr. Teschemacher for his valuable services as Correspond- 

 ing Secretary for many years, and as Chairm.an of the Com- 

 mittee of Publication. 



Resolved, That as a token of approbation and rs.spect, and 

 in consideration of these services, tiiat a p ece of silver 

 plate, of the value of ./if ti/ dollars, be presented to Mr. Tes- 

 chemacher, or such other article, of like value, as he may 

 please to designate. 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the 

 Chair to carry these resolutions into effect. 



Messrs. Wight, Stickney, and Dutton, were appointed this 

 committee. 



A committee of arrangements for the annual exliibition 

 was elected, consisting of the following gentlemen ; — Jostp'i 

 Breck, Chairman, F."W. Macondry, D. Hagger.ston, A. D. 

 AVilliams, jr., J. S. Cabot, Otis Johnson. P."b. Hovey, jr., 

 E. Wiglit, .T. F. Allen, Josiah Lovett, Capt. Austin, A. D. 

 Weld, H. W. Dutton. 



A letter was received from the president of a horticu'tu- 

 ral society in Iowa, soliciting copies of the Transactions of 

 this Society; whereupon it was voted, that tlie Correspoml- 

 ing Secretary be empowered to send copies of the Triinsac- 

 tions of the Society to all applications from horticultural so- 

 cieties, and that the Recording Secretary make an annual 

 report of the number of the same. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Society : — Daniel T. Curtis, of Boston, and Jo.,n H. Bufford, 

 of Roxbury. Adjourned for two weeks. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The .stated meeting for January was held on Tuesday eve- 

 ning. 16th. Tiie Presiilent in the chair. The display was, 

 for midwinter, unusually fine. Mr. Buist exhibited a col- 

 lection, not in competition, of choice plants; among which 

 were eight select varieties of Azaleas, Porphyrecoma lance- 

 olata, three Daphne rubra, Cineraria seedlings, AmaryUi, 

 Erantheraum and others. The Presideht's gardener, a fine 

 eolleition, consisting of Camellias, Epidendri. Oncidii, Gon- 

 gorffl. Rhododendron arboreum, Azalea. Cypripedium cenus- 

 tum, etc. Peter Raabe, a table of Camellias, choice varie- 

 ties — Azalea indica, Chorozema varium, Primula, Hyacin- 

 th), etc. John Lambert's gardener, a number of Hyacinths, 

 Primro-ses, Cyclamen, etc. Designs of cut flowers were 

 Very handsome. A cone, standing in a moss vase, by Mr. 

 Dundas, gardener, was admired. A design of a fountain, by 

 the President"* gardener, was beautiful. Five moss bas- 

 kets, and a number of liand bouquets, completed this display. 

 Of fruits, Mr. Hancock exhibited St. Germain and Beurre 

 Easter pears ; John Perkins, twenty varieties of apples ; and 

 Wm. Parry, apples. Vegetables, as usual, were very fine. 



The following were the premiums awarded on this occa- 

 sion : 



Bt/ the Committee on Plants and Flowers — For the best and 

 2d best three hot-house plants, for the best three green-house 

 plants, and for the mo.st interesting collection of plants in 

 pots, to Ben. Daniels, gardener to Caleb Cope. For the 2d 

 best collection of plants in pots, to Peter Raabe: for the 3d 

 best collection, to Maurice Finn, gardener to John Lam- 

 bert. For the best design of cut flowers, to James Bisset, 

 gardener to James Dundas ; for the 2d best, to Ben. Diniels. 

 For the best basket of cut flowers, to Robert Kilvington ; 

 for the 2d be^t, to Peter Raabe. And special premiums to 

 Maurice Finn and Ben. Daniels, for bouquets. 



By the Committee on Fruits — For the best pears. (St. Ger- 

 main,) to -Thomas Hancock. For the best apples. (New- 

 town Pippins,) and for the 2d best, (Jersey Greenings.) to 

 John Perkins. 



By the Committee on Vegetables — For the best display, and 

 for the 2d best display, by market gardeners, to Anthony 

 Felten. For she best display, by amateurs, to Ben. Daniels, 

 gardener to Caleb Cope ; for tlie *2d best, by amateurs, to 

 Maurice Finn, gardener to John Lambert; for the 3d best 

 display, to Wm. Johns. 



The committee noticed, ■with pleasure, fine specimens of 

 apparagus, mushrooms, and bush beans, in the display by 

 Mr. Cope's gardener ; radishes and tomatoes, in that by Wm. 

 Johns, which are remarkable for the month of January. 



The Secretary reported, that Wm. S. Vaux had presented 

 «ome potatoes, which he had received from J, Randolpli 



Clay. Charge d'Affairs of the U. S. at Lima, Peru, which 

 had been raised on the Andes. On mot. on. 



Ordered, That the thanks of- the Society be tendered for 

 the gift, and the tubers referred to the appropriate com- 

 mittee. 



The President announced the appointment of the follow- 

 ing committees for the ensuing year: 



Committee foy Esinhlishiirg the Nainesof Fr'iits -~'DT.'Wm. 

 D. Brinckle. Thomas Hancock, Elhanan W. Keyser, Dr. 

 Thomas McEwen. and Robert Buist. 



Committee for Es'nolishing Premiums — Tliomas Hancock, 

 Dr. Wm. D. Brinckle, Thos. C. PercivaL Robert Kilvington, 

 and John C. Eiigleman. 



Committee for the Distribution of Seeds, ef — Thomas C. 

 Percival, Jacob Snider, jr., and Jolin Rutherford, jr. 



Committee of Finance. — Isaac Elliott, John R. Brinckle, 

 and Chas. Ellis. 



Library Committee. — Robert Buist, Tho. P. James, Dr. 

 Tho. EcEweii, William McGuigan, and James Bisset. 



Committee to Superintend Exhibitions — Robert Buist, chair- 

 man. Dr. W. D. Brinckle, E. W. Keyser, P. Mackenzie, 

 'I . C. Percival. Tho. Hancock, P. K. Gorgas, Dr. T McEw- 

 en, J. Ritchie,' I. E. Mitchell, G. Zantzinger. T. Clark, R. 

 Price, Dr. I. H. Bradford. J. D. Fulton. H. B. Blanchard. 

 G. B. Deacon, H. A. Dreer, E. Meredith. I. R. Brinckle. N- 

 Knowles, Wm. Sinton, P. Raabe. Dr. G. Wat.soii, J. Ruther- 

 ford, jr., Jno. Dick, W. Burrs, W. Johns, R. Fetters, J. C. 

 Engleman, J. Powell, C. P. Hayes, W. S. Vaux, J. Bisset, 

 ami S. R. Simmons. 



Members Elected — Joseph Ripka, jr.. Mi.^s A. S. Vaux, 

 and Dr. M. Reeve. Tuos. P. James, 



Rec. Secretary. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the Society was organised by 

 calling Dr. W. D. Brinckle to the chair, and appointing 

 Geo. Zantzinger secretary. 



The chairman stated the object to be, to elect oflicers for 

 the ensuing year, which was, on motion, proceeded wit.i ; 

 Peter Mackeiizie and Chas. P. Hayes, acting as tellers, who 

 reported the tollowing gentlemen as having the highest 

 number of votes for the offices respectively, and whom the 

 chairman announced as duly elected : 



President — Caleb Cope. 



Vice Prfsi'lents — Gen. R. Patterson, David Landreth, Jame* 

 Dundas, and Joshua Longstreth. 



Treasurer — John Thomas. 



Corresponding Secretary — Thomas C. Percival. 



Recording Secrerar^—Thomas P, James, 



