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President — Samuel Walker. 

 Vice Presidents — B. V. French, Cheever Newhall, E. M. Richards, J. S. 

 Cabot. 



Treasurer — F. W. Macondry. 



Corrseponding Secretary — Eben Wight. 



Recording Secretary — E. C. R. Walker. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology — J. L. Russell, A. M. 



Professor of Entomology — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — E. N. Horsford. 

 Standing Committees. 



On Fruits— F. W. Macondry, Chairman : P. B. Hovey, Jr., J. S. Cabot, 

 Eben Wight, Josiah Lovett, J. Breck, R. Manning. 



On Plants and Flowers — David Haggerston, Chairman : A. McLennan, 

 William B. Richards, E. A. Story, J. Cadness, L. Winship, E. C. R. 

 Walker. 



On Vegetables — A, D. Williams, Jr., Chairman: W. B. Kingsbury, J. 

 Nugent, A. Bowditch, A. D. Weld, S. W. Cole, George Pierce. 



On Library — C. M. Hovey, Chairman : H. W. Button, J. Breck, W. 

 B. Richards. R. M. Copeland, Librarian. 



On Synonymcs of Fruit — M. P. W^ilder, Chairman : C. M. Hovey, J. S. 

 Cabot, R. Manning, F. W. Macondry. 



Executive Committee — S. Walker, Chairman : F. W. Macondry, M. P. 

 Wilder, E. M. Richards, O. Johnson. 



For establishing Premiums — F, W. Macondry, Chairman: D. Haggers- 

 ton, A. D. Williams, C. M. Hovey, J. Lovett, 2d. 



On Finance — M. P. Wilder, Chairman : J. Stickney, 0. Johnson. 



Of Publication — Eben Wight, Chairman : C. K. Dillaway, J. Lovett, 

 2d, E. C. R. Walker, F. W. Macondry, D. Haggerston, A. D. Williams, 

 Jr. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : The exhibition of dahlias for premiums took 

 place to-day — after having been postponed from the 23d of September, on 

 account of the annual exhibition and other causes. A hard frost in some 

 locations, and a high wind, had nearly destroyed the blooms in many places, 

 therefore the number of competitors was not very large. The exhibition 

 was held in the committee room, in consequence of the occupation of the 

 hall for other purposes, and it being the day of the annual meeting for the 

 choice of officers, the room was very much crowded, and it was with diffi- 

 culty the dahlias could be arranged for the judges, for them to decide upon 

 their merits and to make up their awards ; this was, however, accomplished, 

 we believe, to the general satisfaction of the exhibitors. All the stands 

 were filled with dahlias, and other flowers, brought in for exhibition, were 

 necessarily excluded — the flowers were generally fine and perfect. 



The contributors of dahlias were the President, Hovey & Co., Breck & 

 Co., Winships, Lewis Davenport, H. K. Moore, N. Gale, Parker Barnes, 

 Charles A. Hewins, Nahum Stetson, A. Bowditch, John Quant, James 

 Nugent, and others. 



