MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETINGS. 



April 21, 1849- — President Samuel Walker in 

 the chair. A communication was received from 

 George B. Jones, Esq., of Boston, accompanied 

 with an elegant Chinese vase, as a gift to the So- 

 ciety, and it was voted that the thanks of the So- 

 ciety be presented to Mr. Jones for his liberal 

 donation. 



Scions of new varieties of fruit were received 

 from L. P.Grosvenor, Esq. of Pomfret, Mass., and 

 J. M. Earle, Esq., of Worcester, Mass.; and it 

 was voted that the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to Messrs. Grosvenor and Earle, and the 

 scions placed in the hands of the Committee on 

 Fruit, for distribution among the members of the 

 Society. 



April 28, 1849.— The President in the chair. A 

 communication was read from L. P. Grosvenor, 

 Esq., accompanied with specimens of a new seed- 

 ling apple. Voteit, that the thanks of the Society 

 be presented to Mr. Grosvenor, and the fruit 

 placed in the hands of the Committee on Fruit for 

 examination. Also votoil, that the letter of Mr. 

 Grosvenor, together with an engraving of the 

 fruit, be published in "Hovey's Magazine of Hor- 

 ticulture." 



The grafts of a new variety of apple were re- 

 ceived from Sam'l J. Gustin, Esq., of Newark, 

 N. J., and the thanks of the Society were voted to 

 Mr. Gustin, and the grafts placed in the hands of 

 the Committee on Fruit for distribution. 



May 12, 1849. — The President in the chair. A 

 vacancy having occurred in the Committee on 

 Flowers, it was voted that Parker Barnes be ap- 

 pointed to fill such vacancy. 



Hon. Ben J. V. French made a report in behalf 

 of the committee appointed last January, to pro- 

 cure and present a Piece of Plate to Col. Wil- 

 der, late President of the Society; that the duty 

 had been performed by presenting to him, with the 

 copy of resolutions passed at that time, a massive 

 silver pitcher, highly wrought, and chased with 

 fruits, flowers, foliage, &c., manufactured bj- Jones, 

 Ball &. Poor, in their best style; and upon whicn 

 the committee had caused to be engraveii the fol- 

 lowing inscription: 



HUN. MARSHALL P. WILDER, 



President of the Marsachusetts Horticul- 

 tural S(ClETV, 

 From A. D ]S41 to l!-'4f) 

 This Piece of Plate is presenteil by tiie .Society, as a Testi- 

 monial of Respect and Appreciation of iiis valua- 

 ble services cluriiiLj tlie above period, 

 January, 1S49. 



Mr. French also submitted the following cor- 

 pondence: 



Boston, May 1, 1849. 



Hon. Marshall P. Wilder — Dear Sir: At a 

 meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 held in their Library room, Jan. 6, 1849, the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were passed : 



[Here follow the resolutions that we published 

 at the time.] 



And, now sir, in compliance with the above 

 resolutions, we present for your acceptance a Sil- 

 ver Pitcher, which we request you to receive as a 

 token of esteem for the zeal and success with 

 which you have served in the cause of Horticul- 

 ture, and Floriculture, while a member of the So- 

 ciety, and more particularly while acting as Presi- 

 dent, during the term of eight years. 



With sincere wishes for your continued useful- 

 ness, health, and prosperity, we are, sir, most re. 

 spectfuUy, your friends, Benj. V French, 



Cheever Newhall, 

 Joseph S. Cabot. 



Boston, May 10, 1849. 

 To the Hon. Benj. V. French, Cheever New- 

 hall, Esq., and Hon. Joseph S. Cabot, Com- 

 mittee. 



Gentlemen : The splendid testimonial which ac- 

 companied your esteemed favor of the 10th instant, 

 has been received; also a copy of the resolutions 

 passed by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 on the occasion of my retiring from its Presidency. 

 I accept of this rich and beautiful gift, with live- 

 ly emotions of gratitude; n^t for its intrinsic value, 

 but as an enduring memorial of the confidence and 

 respect so uniformly extended to me, during the 

 many years of my administration. 



I gratefully acknowledge the kind manner with 

 which you have performed the duty assigned to 

 the committe. Permit me also to tender through 

 you, to the members of the Society, my sincere 

 thanks for this substantial manifestation of their 

 approbation, ami to assure them, that I shall ever 

 regard it as a lasting record of relations, which to 

 me, have been both pleasant and honorable. 



The high appreciation of my humble services, 

 which you have caused to be inscribed on the 

 bright tablet of this elegant present, will excite 

 renewed interest for the welfare and fame of our 

 noble institution; and I doubt not, that long after 

 we have passed from this earthly scene, it will be 

 preserved by my tlescendants as a valuable memen- 

 to of a society from which I have received distin- 

 guished favors, and of endeared friends, with whom 

 I have ever felt it an honor to have my name as- 

 sociated. 



Please accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my 

 most grateful thanks, and for the Society, the as- 

 surance of my highest regard. 



Marshall P. Wilder. 



WEEKLY EXHIBI IONS. 



Saturday, May 12, 1849. 



Flowers. — From S. Walker, President of the 

 Society, a variety of cut flowers, amongst which 

 were Pansies, Fritillarias, Anemones, Pseonia 

 tenuifolia, &c., &c. 



From M.irshall P. Wilder, Epacris pulchella. 

 Erica ventricosa alba, do do Cavendisliii, do do 

 brevifiora, do do superba, do do hirsurta, Erica ova- 

 ta; Camellias — Queen Victoria, Caroline Smith, 

 and Henry Favrc, Azalea indica, Gladstanesii, and 

 three seedlings; Ccreus Jenkinsonii, Rhododen- 

 dron catawbiensis, and R. catawbiensis hybridium. 

 A fine collection of cut Rose flowers, of the fol- 

 lowing kinds; f-'olfaterre, Safrano, Dupetit Thou- 

 ars, Lamarque, Chromatella, Sec, &c. The above 

 collection was very beautiful, and all first rate 

 specimens. 



From N. J. Becar, Brooklyn, L. I., a beautiful 

 collection of Calceolarias, thought to be much su- 

 perior to any before exhibited. 



From Azel Bowditch, Laure Davoust, and Queen 

 of the Prairie Roses, four varieties of Antirrhinum 

 majus. White Ivy-leaved Geranium, White Moss 

 Rose, Cal jstegia pubescens; Cactus, var., Nemo- 

 phila insignis, Veronica Lindleyana, Cytisus for- 

 mosus, eighteen varieties of Calceolarias, and four 

 bouquets. 



