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Horticultural Society for centennial purposes, to aid the Commissioners in this part 

 of the great exhibition in 1876. The meeting was mainly for the purpose of obtain- 

 ing an expression of opinion from prominent horticulturists and gentlemen from 

 different parts of the country as to what is best to be done in relation to the matter 

 under advisement. We read that it is the intention to have a grand horticultural 

 garden, with model houses, for the display of plants of all kinds, and also a large 

 and convenient conservatory handsomely fitted up for public receptions, etc. After 

 some preliminaries, a committee, with the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder as chairman, was 

 appointed to select officers for a permanent national organization, and they, in due 

 course, presented the following report, which was adopted : 



" 1. This association shall be called the Centennial Horticultural Societ}'. 



" 2. The chief object of this society shall be to aid the United States Centennial 

 Commissioners in the preparation of plans for the Horticultural Department of the 

 Centennial Exposition, the planting of the horticultural garden, the construction and 

 management of horticultural houses, etc. 



" 3. The officers of this society shall consist of a President, five Vice-Presidents, 

 a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall hold their offices until others are elected. 



" 4. There shall be elected an Executive Committee, to consist of twenty-five 

 members, who shall act, in conjunction with the Centennial Executive Committee of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, as an Advisory Board, to consider and rec- 

 ommend to the Centennial Commissioners such plans for the Horticultural Depart- 

 ment of the great Exhibition in 1876, as in their opinion may be best adapted to 

 that purpose. 



" 5. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be called by the chairman when 

 required and when duly notified ; five members shall constitute a quorum for 

 business. 



" 6. One member in each State and Territory shall be appointed by the President, 

 to act as chairman of the State Committees, and these chairmen shall have power to 

 select and appoint any number of horticulturists in their several States and Terri- 

 tories to act as members of the State Committees. The duty of the State Commit- 

 tees shall lie to collect information and suggestions as to the wishes of horticulturists 

 generally in regard to the Centennial Exposition, and to report such information, 

 plans, and suggestions to the Executive Committee. 



" The American Pomological Society being the acknowledged authority in our 

 land in relation to fruits, with regularly constituted officers and committees in every 

 State and Territory in the Union, and having voted to hold a session in connection 

 with the Centennial Exposition in 1876, is hereby authorized and requested to co-op- 

 erate Avith the Centennial Horticultural Society." 



Permanent officers were then chosen, consisting of Patrick Barry of New York, 

 President; A. W. Harrison of Pennsylvania, Secretary; W. H. Hacker of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Treasurer; and six Vice-Presidents, and an Executive Committee of twenty- 

 five members. 



Witnted a. Worhiutj Uortlcitltiiral Socirty, 



There is room for yet another ; with due respect to the honorable name and object 

 of the American Pomological Society, likewise to the officers of the temporarily 

 organized Centennial Horticultural Society, we speak distinctly in full sympathy 

 with the majority of our eminent horticulturists, the bill is not Jill cd yet. 



We wa?i.t and ??iust have a Natio7ial Horticultural iSociety, true to its name ; organ- 

 ized, not for honor or a name ; but to work, and discuss and spread abroad, a better 

 and more thorough knowledge concerning -plants^ ornamental trees, shrubs, Jlowers, 

 greenhouse plants, gardening and landscape architecture, and lawn decorations. 



We know such a society would be popularly welcomed, would receive hearty 

 support, enlist the good feeling of the press, and in no way conflict with the honor- 

 able objects or purposes of the old societies named above. It might hold its meet- 

 ings once in two years, those years in which the American Pomological Society does 



