18 PROCEEDINGS, 



Lindley's Vegetable Kingdom, one volume. 



Torrey and Gray's Flora, one volume. 



A Manual of Practical Draining, one volume. 



Low's Breeds of Domestic Animals, with splendid colored plates, four volumes. 



Mrs. Loudon's Ladies' Companion, one volume. 



The Farmer's Dictionary, one volume. 



The American Poulterer's Companion, one volume. 



Should it be thought desirable to purchase all these works, or should members have 

 any other Books which they would wish the Committee to add to the list, the amount 

 required would exceed the appropriation. 



Your Committee believe, that the sum of three hundred dollars should be expended in 

 the purchase of the most useful Books in the annexed list, and that the Committee be 

 authorised, should they deem it advisable for the interest of the Society to purchase others, 

 to have at their disposal one hundred dollars, for which they shall render a list at the next 

 annual meeting of such Books as have been added to the Library. 



They would inform the Society, that they have made choice of R. M. Copeland, as 

 Librarian, with the salary of fifty dollars per annum, and that they have set apart the hours 

 from 1 1 till 1 o'clock, of every Saturday of the year, when the Library will be open. 



The regulations of the Library will be strictly enforced, and books kept out longer than 

 the specified time, will be charged in a book for that purpose, to all members who do not 

 comply with the rules established by the Society. 



Believing that in no way the interests of the Society can be so well sustained, as in the 



possession of a valuable Library, where the amateur or professional man may resort for 



information on all subjects connected with Horticulture, your Committee respectfully 



submit this report. 



(Signed,) C. M. HOVEY, ) 



JOSEPH BRECK, ) Committee. 

 R. M. COPELAND, ) 



Voted, That the Report of the Committee on the Library be accepted, to the full amount 

 of the appropriation, viz. : three hundred dollars. 



Voted, That the Recording Secretary be requested to send, through the Collector, a copy 

 of the Transactions of the Society to each of its members, and to such Horticultural, Agri- 

 cultural and Literary Societies as may be deemed advisable. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 

 From Hovey & Co., six varieties of Azaleas, in pots, viz. : Speciosa, Remingtonia, Copeii, 

 Herbertii purpurea. Large Cherry, and Seedling White. Eight varieties of seedling Ver- 

 benas, some of them fine. Roses — Noisette Rose Similor; Bourbon Souchet, B. Gloire de 

 Paris, B. Madam Angelina; Noisette Lamarque, N. Solfataire; Moss Celina. Pimelea 

 hispida and spectabilis — new and rare. 



PREMIUMS. 

 The Committee award the Society's premium of six dollars to Messrs. Hovey, for green- 

 house Azaleas, and a gratuity of three dollars to the same gentlemen, for two specimens of 

 Pimelea. 



For the Committee, JOSEPH BRECK, Chairman. 



