'46 Horticultural Operations for January. 



To E. M. Richards, for squashes kept from 1850, in fine condi- 

 tion, . . . . . . . . $2 00 



To F. Marsh, for Custard squashes, the Society's Silver Medal. 



To Messrs. Stone & Co., for beets and turnips, . 



To S. W. Cole, for display of Seedling and other potatoes. 

 For Connecticut Pie squash, ..... 



To J. Gordon, for display, ..... 



For large Lima and Saba beans, .... 



To A. Hatch, for Seedling potatoes, .... 



To J. Crosby, for squashes, ..... 



To B. V. French, for tomatoes, .... 



To F. Webster, for cauliflowers, .... 



GRATUITIES AT THE WEEKLY EXHIBITIONS. 



To J. Mann, Jr., for Early Turnip beets, .... 



To J. Crosby, for large Blood beets, .... 



To E. P. Champney, for specimens of the first cucumbers, grown 

 under glass, ....... 



To W. F. Walsh, for the first Early China beans grown under glass. 

 To Winship & Co., for fine rhubarb, .... 



To J. A. Kenrick, for rhubarb, ..... 



To J. B. Moore, for Champion of England peas. 



To S. W. Cole, for Seedling potatoes, Nos. 14, 15 and 23, . 



To J. Mann, Jr., for Skilling's fine Queen cabbage, a copy of Colman's 



European Agriculture. 

 To W. J. Walch, for three varieties of Early fine cucumbers, a copy of the 



same. 

 To M. Gordon, for two varieties of cucumbers, a copy of the same. 

 To C. M. Furbush, for specimens of Peach Blow potatoes, a copy of the same. 

 To M. P. Wilder, for Myatt's Linnaeus rhubarb, a copy of the same. 

 To M. Davis, t'eedling potatoes from a Nova Scotia variety, a copy of the 



same. 

 To S. B. Morse, for Mammoth squashes exhibited in 1850, a copy of the same. 

 To A. Bowditch, for Champion of England peas, a copy of the same. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, Aaron D. Weld, Chairman. 



HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS 



FOR JANUART. 

 FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



The opening month of the year, in our rigorous climate, finds but little to 

 do at the hands of the fi-uit cultivator, unless he have under his care houses 

 for the growth of grapes, peaches, &c. Out-door operations are enth-ely 



