PROCEEDINGS. 29 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, June 5. 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for Life membership : Nathaniel Dana^ Charles 

 Blanchard Dana, and John Morton Turner, all of Brookline, by Joseph Breck. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for Subscription membership ; R. A. Richards, 

 of Dedham, by William B. Richards ; E. C. Emerson, of Brookline, and James P. Oliver, 

 of Lynn, by Otis Johnson. 



A commmiication was received from Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, together with an ear of 

 Indian Corn, of a new variety, recently received by him from Virginia, and it was 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, and that 

 Messrs. Cheever Newhall and Ebenezer Wight, be a Committee to distribute the Corn 

 among the Members of the Society. 



The President, in behalf of the Committee appointed to settle the claim of Mr. Clarkey, 

 against the Society, for damges sustained by his mfe in falling through the scuttle of the 

 cellar of the Society's Hall, reported, that they had settled the matter, by allowing Mr. 

 Clarky forty dollars. 



Voted, That the Treasurer be authorised to pay Mv. Clarkey the sum of forty dollars. 

 Voted, That the Chairman of the Committee of Publication be authorised and requested 

 to have the Seal of the Society altered, by causing the words " Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society," and the date of its incorporation added thereto. 



Voted, That the several Committees be instructed to have placards prepared, requesting 

 contributors to furnish to the Chairman a list of their several contributions. 



The following gentlemen were elected Subscription members of the Society : Thomas 

 R. Foster, Albert Bullard, John J. Adams, and George Tyler Bigelow, all of Boston. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, President of the Society, a rich collection of rare Cut Flowers, 

 viz. : — fine Cacti, in variety; two new spotted seedling Calceolarias, and a variety of others 

 from his collection; Camellias, var. Alba plena and Prattii; Fuchsias — Salterii major, 

 Paragon, Boudin, Brookmanii, Chauverii, and robusta ; six or eight varieties of elegant 

 Cinerarias ; — Petunias — Eliza, Contributor, Timandra, and a fine plant of Hebe, well grown 

 and m perfection ; six varieties of Lilacs — Duchess d'Orleans, De Nemours, Charles X., 

 Prince Notger, double Purple, and a Dark Red. 



From Messrs. Winship, a fine, round P)Tamidal Bouquet, and a great variety of Cu 

 Flowers, viz. : Ranunculus repens ; Veronica gentianoides ; Arundo striata ; Syringa 

 laciniata ; Bay-leaf Willow ; Pyrus spuria ; Azalea nudiflora, Pontica, and others ; Kerria 

 Japonica ; Podalyria Australis ; Calycanthus floridus ; jEscuIus flava and pallida ; Ulmus 

 crispa ; Spartium scoparium ; Spiraea — hypericifolia, oblongifolia, laevigata, chamaedrifolia, 

 ulmifolia, flexuosa, daurica, Siberica, Reevesii, trilobata, and fol. variegata ; Crataegus 

 flore pi. and rubra ; Mespilus grandiflora ; Pasonies, in variety ; Lonicera — Caucasica, 

 Tartarica albiflora, Xylosteum ; Viburnum lantago ; Amsonia latifolia ; Balsamita odorata ; 

 Ribes alpina ; Iris — Germanica, purpurea, lurida vel sordida, pallida, Virginica, Florentina, 

 albida ; Ilex crispa ; Sedum ; Trollius Europeus ; Vinca major ; Hemerocallis flava ; 

 Asclepias vincetoxicum ; Corydalis formosa, &c. This collection occupied the whole of 

 one of the large round stands, and attracted much attention from the good taste displayed 

 in the arrangement. 



From Joseph. Breck & Co., fine specimens of Castilleja coccinea, a beautiful indigenous 

 flower ; a branch of Wistaria sinensis, with more than fifty racemes of its elegant flowers 

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