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7) ANNUAL REPORT. 
shall in no case incur any expense exceeding fifty dollars, except by 
authority of the vote of the society at its annual meet when the 
specific object and the amount so appropriated shall be designate “i 
6. The President, at each annual meeting of the society, or as soon 
thereafter as practicable, shall appoint a General Fruit Com 
sisting of one member from each Senatorial District in the St 
shall be the duty of each member to report upon the fruit crop 
respective district annually; also, a limited list of fruits best adapted to 
general cultivation in the district which such member represents. 
7. That committees on vegetables and market gardens, flowers 4 
floriculture, trees for the forest and forest culture, and entomology, 
appointed each year, whose duty it shall be to report on their several 
topics to this society at the annual meetings. 
Mr. Wm. Cannon presented the report of the committee on 
varieties of flowers to be recommended for cultivation. The 
report was adopted. It is as follows: 
ANNUALS. 
Astors, Balsams, Candytuft, Catchfly, Caliopsis, Cockscomb, 
Escholtzia, Larkspur, Morning Glory, Morning Bride, Mig- 
nonette, Petunias, Phlox Drummondii, Portulacca, Sweet 
Peas, Sweet Alyssum, Whitlaria, Zinnias Elegans. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Achillea, three varieties; Asclepias Tuberosa, Clematis, 
Brecta, two sorts; Columbines, Dielytria or Bleeding Heart, 
Delphinium or Double Larkspur, German Iris, Hollyhock, 
Lychnis and Japan Day Lillies, four varieties; Lily of the 
Valley, Pardanthus Chinensis or Blackberry Lily, Native 
Phloxes, Peonias, Pansies, Perennial Flax, Phloxes, May 
Pinks, Ledunis, Sweet Williams, Spireas, Tall Day Lilies. 
HARDY SHRUBS. a 
Acacia or Moss Locust, Barberry (common and purple), 
Burning Bush (Wahoo), or Strawberry Bush, Buckthorn, 
Carrigana or Siberian Pea Tree, Cranberry, Yellow Flowering 
Currant, Charles the Tenth Lilac, Purple, White and Persian 
Lilacs, Lilac Josekia, Upright Honeysuckles (three kinds), 
Hyderangea Dentzalfolia, Hyderangea Boreii, Hyderangea 
Panicula. 
DUTCH BULBS. 
For Fall planting only— Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus and Snow- 
drops. 
