282 Horticultural Societies. 



President. — John Miller. 



Vice Presidents. — (1st,) L. Buttles, (2d,) Benj. Blake. 



Treasurer. — Adam Sites. 



Corresponding Secretary. — H. C. Noble. 



Recording Secretary. — Geo. B. Comstock. 



Council. — The President and Treasurer, ex officio, and Messrs. A. E. 

 Glenn, J. Barr, and F. Stewart. 



Garden Committee. — Dr. 1. C. Jones, for five years ; Benj. Blake, four 

 years ; Lucien Buttles, three years ; Robt. Hume, Jr., two years ; John 

 Miller, one year. 



Hartford County Horticultural Society. — The Annual Meeting 

 of the Hartford County Horticultural Society was held on the 3d instant, 

 and the following officers were chosen for the year ensuing, Alfred Smith, 

 Esq., the President, declining a re-election: — 



President. — Wm. W. Turner. 



Vice Presidents.— [1st,) Henry Wygatt, (2d,) John S. Butler, M. D. 



Recording Secretary. — Gardner W. Russell, M. D. 



Corresponding Secretary. — Thomas R. Button. 



Treasurer. — Erastus Smith. 



Auditor.— R. L. Bidwell. 



Standing Committee. — Wm. W. Turner, Dr. H. A. Grant, P. D. Stillman, 

 Joseph Winship, George Beach, Jr., Dr. T. L. Comstock, Dr. Gardner W. 

 Russell, T. H. Goodwin, H. W. Terry, E. A. Whiting, H. L. Bidwell, 

 Charles L. Porter, Henry Affleck, Wm. G. Comstock, Francis Gillotte, 

 W. W. Stanley, Daniel S. Dewey. 



It was voted to continue the weekly exhibitions on Saturday, which have 

 been very well attended, and arrangements are in contemplation for a show 

 of greenhouse plants in May, and for a large exhibition of fruits and 

 flowers in September. 



American Institute, N. Y. — The annual election of the officers of 

 this Association took place ^n the 13th May, when the following gentle- 

 men were elected. There was quite a spirited meeting; the name of 

 Gen. Adoniram Chandler, the Corresponding Secretary and Agent, being 

 left off of the regular nomination, his friends rallied and carried the entire 

 ticket on which his name was placed. 



President. — James Talmadge. 



Vice Presidents. — Robert Lovett, Robert L. Pell, George Bacon. 



Recording Secretary. — Henry Meigs. 



Corresponding Secretary and Agent. — Adoniram Chandler. 



Treasurer. — Edward T. Blackhouse. 



Finance Committee. — John Campbell, John A. Bunting, George Dickey, 

 George Bacon, N. G. Bradford. 



Managers of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Fair. — Joseph Torrey, James R, 

 Smith, Isaac V. Brewer, William Ebbitt, John A. Bunting, F. W. Geissen- 

 hainer, Jr., Petre B. Mead, Paul Stillman, Benedict Lewis, Jr., William 

 Hall, Edwin Smith, Benj. Aycrigg, John B. James, Lewis G. Morris, 

 Richard M. Hoe, George S. Riggs, Patrick Henry, George Harrisom, 



