6 PROCEEDINGS. 



Voted, That a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, of any money in the Treasury 

 not otherwise appropriated, be placed at the disposal of the Library Committee, for the 

 increase of the Library, and that said Committee report a list of such Books as they recom- 

 mend, to the Society for approval. 



Voted, To place in the hands of the Library Conmiittee, tlie sum of fifty dollars, to be 

 appropriated for the Salary of the Librarian. 

 On motion of Cheever Newhall, it was 



Voted, That the Committee of Finance be instructed to invest twentylive hundred dollars 

 of the amount received the present year from the Treasurer of Mount Auburn, in Stock, 

 at their discretion, and that it be held, and specially applied to the payment of the debt of 

 the Society which becomes due and payable in May, 1849. 



B U S I N J: S S MEETING. 



Saturday, January 23, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



President Wilder, for the Executive Committee, presented the following Resolution : — 



Whereas, the production of Native Trees and Plants is calculated to ensure those well 

 adapted to our soils and climate, and in view of the success that has attended the hitherto 

 limited efforts in this department of science, whether by hybridization, or otherwise, and 



Whereas, a large number of good American Fruits have already arisen spontaneously 

 from seed, thereby affording great encouragement to the cultivator for the application of 

 his skill in raising new varieties, Therefore, 



Resolved, That it is the interest and duty of this Society to offer a list of Prospective 

 Premiums, for the purpose of exciting a more wide spread emulation in this branch of 

 Vegetable Physiology. 



Voted, That the foregoing Report of the Executive Committee be accepted, and that the 

 same be placed in the hands of the Committee for Establishing Premiums, with directions 

 to report a list in accordance with the Resolution. 



The Committee for Establishing Premiums subsequently reported the following list of 



PROSPECTIVE PREMIUMS, 

 For objects to be originated subsequent to A. D. 1846, which shall, after a trial of five 

 years, be deemed equal or superior in quality, and other characteristics, to any now extant. 



For the best Seedling Pear, the Society's Gold Medal, valued at 



" '' '' " Apple, the Society's Gold Medal, 



'' " " '■ Hardy Grape, the Society's Gold Medal, 



" " " '' Plum, the Appleton Gold Medal, 



<' " " " Cherry, the Lowell Gold Medal, - 



" " " '' Strawberry, the Lyman Plate, . . - • 



" " ''' " Raspberry, the Lyman Plate, - - - - 



" " " " Hardy Rose, the Society's Gold Medal, 



" " " " Camellia, the Society's Gold Medal, 



'' '' " '' Azalea Indica, the Lowell Gold Medal, 



''■ " " " Tree Paeonia, the Appleton Gold Medal, 



" " " " Herbaceous Pa;onia, the Lowell Gold Medal, 



" '•' <' " Potato, the Society's Gold Medal, - 



(Signed,) SAMUEL WALKER, 



C. M. HOVEY, 

 DAVID HAGGERSTON. 



