22 PROCEEDINGS. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 10, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for Life membership : Thomas P. Cushing, of 

 Boston, by the President : Otis Everett, Jr., of Boston, by Charles Amory. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for Subscription membership : Ebenezer Short- 

 land Fisher, by Ebenezer Wight ; Thomas T. Bouve, of Boston, by S. Davis Leavens ; 

 Thomas Sinclair, of Brighton, by James L. L. F. Warren ; Charles E. Grant, of Roxbury, 

 by Samuel Walker. 



Voted, That in consequence of the intention of this Society to publish its Transactions, 

 tlie materials of the Society will in future be wanted for its own work, and will not be 

 allowed to be used for any other publication. 



The Scions received from William R. Smith, Esq., of Macedon, N. Y., were distributed 

 by the Committee on Fruits, to the following members : — JNIarshall P. Wilder, E. M. Rich- 

 ards, Olis Johnson, Josiah Lovett, 2d, Eben. Wight, A. D. Williams, B. V. French, Samuel 

 Walker, William E. Carter, and Henry Vandine. 



A communication was received from A. H. Ernst, Esq., of Cincinnati, accompanied with 

 Scions of the following varieties of Apples : — Detroit Juneating, Milam, Brodwell, Belpre 

 Keeper, Ccoper, Cannahan's Favorite, Gates or Belmont, Newport Russet, Piyor's Red, 

 Bowles's Juneating, Neverfail, Rome Beauty, Putnam Russet, and the Osteum Pear. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to A. H. Ernst, Esq. 



Voted, That the Scions be placed in the hands of the Committee on Fruits, for distribu- 

 tion. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 17, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



A box of Seed, of new and valuable plants, was presented to the Society by ]Mrs. Perci- 

 val, and it Avas 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Mrs. Percival, and that the Seed 

 be placed in the hands of the Society's Professor of Botany, for examination. 



Voted, That the Recording Secretary be requested to give notice, through the public 

 press, of the opening of the Society's Hall for weekly exhibitions, agreeable to instructions 

 he may receive from the Committee on Flowers. 



The Scions received from A. H. Ernst, Esq., of Cincinnati, were distributed to the 

 following members of the Society : — 



B. V. French, Cheever Newhall, Isaac P. Davis, B. Davis, J. L. L. F. Warren, C. W. 

 Cole, Henry Vandine, John Huston, John Quant. 



William D. Ticknor was elected a Subscription member. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



S.\TURDAY, April 24, 1847. 

 President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 

 There being no business before the Society, the meeting was adjourned for one week. 



