284 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



F. Burr, and M. H. Burr, Hingham, were elected members. 



Adjourned one week, to May 22. 



May 22. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



The President reported the following list of Delegates to the Pomologi- 

 cal Convention : — 



The President, Messrs. Wilder, Walker, French, C. M. Hovey, Lovett, 

 and Wight. 



The report was accepted, the delegates chosen, and the Committee in- 

 vested with power to fill vacancies and add to their number, if necessary. 



On motion of Mr. Walker, the vote relative to an appropriation lately 

 made to aid in the erection of a monument to General Dearborn, was recon- 

 sidered, and the subject laid on the table. 



Adjourned two weeks, to June 5. 



Operiing of the Hall. — The first public Exhibition of the Society took 

 place to-day. The day was fine, and the display excellent. Mr. Schim- 

 min, gardener to J, P. Gushing, Esq., sent some fine large specimens, 

 which carried off the first prize. The pelargoniums were very ordinary, 

 with the exception of 6 new fancy varieties from Messrs. Hovey &. Co. 

 The following is the report : — 



From M. P. Wilder, 12 Seedling Calceolarias ; 2 Pelargonium Annais ; 

 6 Azalea indica, var. and other plants. Cut flowers, — Spirsea prunifolia. 

 From E. M. Richards, 24 varieties of cut flowers. From W. Kenrick, 

 basket of flowers. From P.Barnes, — Viola papilionacea ; native plant for 

 a name. Gut flowers, — Iberis ; Polyanthus ; Pansies ; Dodecatheon ; Phlox ; 

 Spiraea prunifolia and other cut flowers in great variety. From J. Nugent, 

 fine plant of Erica ventricosa superba ; 1 bouquet, and cut flowers in great 

 variety. From T. Page, Araucaria excelsa. From J. A. Kenrick, Magno- 

 lia Soulangetana ; Spiraea prunifolia and other cut flowers. From S. 

 Walker, Spirsea prunifolia, Dodecatheon, Phlox, Ranunculus and other 

 cut flowers. 



From Hovey & Go. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums, viz. : Formosum, Jehu su- 

 perb. Belle d'Epinay, Jenny Lind, Empress and Perfection ; also fine Pan- 

 sies. From J. Breck & Son, Hyacinths in var. From A. Bowditch, 21 

 pots of plants, viz. : Cinerarias, Oranges, Tropseolum, Pelargoniums ; one 

 fine Orange Tree in full bloom ; cut flowers in var. From J. Mann, Jr., 

 Pansies in var. From Dr. C. F. Chaplin, Pansies in var. From Winship 

 & Co., Dicentra spectabilis ; Spiraea prunifolia, and cut flowers in var. 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES AWARDED. 



Pelargoniums — Glass I. For the best six new and rare varieties, to 



A. Bowditch, 1st premium, $6. 

 Gut Flowers. — For the best display, to P. Barnes, $3. 



For the second best, to A. Bowditch, $2. 

 Calceolarias. — For the best six varieties, to H. Schimmin, $3. 



For the second best six varieties, to M. P. Wilder, $2. 



