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Jordan L. Mott, Shepherd Knapp, Joseph Cowdin, George Dickey, Thomas 

 W. Harvey, Joseph R. Taylor, Jared L. Moore. 



Committee on Agriculture. — Lewis G. Morris, David Banks, D. S. Grego- 

 ry, Robert S. Livingston, Jas. De Peyster. 



Committee on Commerce. — Freeman Hunt, Nicholas Carroll, Jonathan H. 

 Ranson, Jared L. Moore, John Disturnell. 



Committee on Manufactures, Science and Arts. — James Renwick, T. B. 

 Stillman, D. M. Reese, H. R. Dunham, Edwin Smith. 



Admission of Members. — George F. Barnard, John Gray, Hiram Dixon, 

 Wm. C. Arthur, Ralph Hall. 



Committee on Coirespondence. — Benj. Aycrigg, Peter S. Titus, James 

 Van Norden, F. P. Schoals, S. R. Comstock. 



Committee on the lAbrary. — Ralph Lockwood, Isaac V. Brower, Alex. 

 Knox, Jr., G. Gifford, E. Williams. 



Art. IV. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, May 1, 1852. — The adjourned meeting of the Society was held 

 to-day, — the President in the chair. 



The President read a letter from Mr. Townsend Glover, thanking the 

 Society for the use of the hall. The President also read a letter from the 

 Hon. Joel Parker, in reference to appropriations of money for a monument 

 to General Dearborn. 



On motion of Cheever Newhall, a motion to reconsider the vote to appro- 

 priate $100 to a monument to General Dearborn was entered upon the 

 books. 



The Society voted to subscribe for the American Pomologist. 



Books and seeds were received from M. Vattemare, which were referred, 

 the former to Library Committee, and the latter to Vegetable Committee, 

 for distribution. 



Lebbeus Stetson, Somerville ; C. P. Fessenden, Boston ; and Isaiah 

 Bangs, Cambridgeport, were elected members. 



Adjourned two weeks, to May 15. 



Exhibited. Flowers: From R. M. Copeland, thirty varieties of Hya- 

 cinths, some of them very fine. From Jas. Nugent, seedling Verbenas. 



Fruit : From A. Bowditch, Walker's Seedling Strawberry, in pots, well 

 grown, and colored fine. 



May 15. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



On motion of Mr. Bowditch, it was voted to open the hall for Exhibitions, 

 on Saturday the 22d. 



The motion of Mr. Newhall, for reconsideration, was laid over to next 

 meeting. 



It was voted that the President prepare a list of Delegates to the Porno- 

 logical Convention. 



