40 PROCEEDINGS. 



Voted Tliat the Report of the Commiltee of Finance be accepted, recorded, and placed 

 oil file. 



Voted, That a Committee of three, to be chosen by the Chair, be appointed to furnish the 

 westerly end of the Society's Hall with such additional Flower Stands and Fixtures as may 

 be deemed advisable. 



Messrs. Samuel Walker, Joseph Breck, and Henry W. Dutton, were appointed that 

 Committee. 



Voted, That the Executive Committee be requested to see whether anything, and what, 

 can be done to improve the ventilation of the Society's Hall. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the Society : — Life, Nathaniel Dana, 

 Charles Blanchard Dana, John Morton Turner : Subscription, E. C. Emerson, James P. 

 Oliver. R. A. Richards. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, President of the Society, ten pots of new Gladioli, viz. : Due 

 d'Orleans, Lehmanii, Christianus No. 1, insignis, Wilhelmus, Spoorshill, pyramidalis, 

 Dobreii, Paulownia, and Queen Victoria. These varieties are all fine, some of them 

 exquisitely beautiful. Cut Flowers, in great variety, including fine Roses — among which 

 were noticed Princess Clementine, (a new white,) Alba Felicite, La Vestale, Madame 

 Hardy, Kean, Blanche Fleur, La Reine, Mrs. Elliot, Louis Bonaparte, Earl Talbot, Marquise 

 Boccella, &c. Also, new scarlet Geraniums, viz. : Prince Albert, Cyrus's Queen, Brighton 

 Hero, Shrubland Superb, Gen. Tom Thumb, and Goliah. Also, Cacti. Deutzia, and other 

 Cut Flowers. 



From J. E. Teschemacher, Corresponding Secretary, a plant of Haemanthus tenuifolius, 

 a rare and very beautiful flower, introduced to Rio Janeiro from Africa. 



From Hovey & Co., one large circular Bouquet, two very fine large flat do., and six 

 Hand Bouquets. Also, a great variety of fine Roses, and other Cut Flowers. 



From John Kenrick, a fine flower of Magnolia macrophylla. Why is not this beautiful 

 tree more generally cultivated'? 



From Joseph Breck & Co., one large circular Bouquet; Prairie and other Roses; Pinks; 

 Lilium martagon alba purpurea and punctata; Lilium umbellatum; Campanula media, 

 four varieties; Campanula persicifolia, three varieties; C. longata; Phlox Van Houttii, 

 macrantha speciosa, and suaveolens ; Persian Iris, in variety ; Digitalis, in variety ; Peeonies ; 

 Delphiniums ; Dianthus barbalus, in variety ; Deutzia scabra ; Clematis alpina, &c. 



From Augustus Aspinwall, a great variety of Roses. 



From Vice President Benj. V. French, Roses, in great variety. 



From William Kenrick, by Miss Russell, one large Bouquet and a basket of Flowers. 

 Also, a great variety of Cut Flowers, including Paeonies, &c. 



From 0. H. Mather, Cut Flowers, in great variety, including fine specimens of Phlox 

 Van Houttii, and other varieties ; Verbenas, Roses, Pelargoniums, and other Green-House 

 Flowers. 



From Samuel Walker, a great display of Prairie Roses, of different varieties ; Deutzia 

 scabra, Spirea aruncus and japonica. Delphinium, Clematis alpina, and other Cut Flowers. 



From Parker Barnes, fine specimens of Double Dwarf Rocket Larkspur; Digitalis; 

 Campanula media, in variety ; Pentstemon digitalis ; Deutzia scabra ; Dianthus barbatus, 

 fine sorts, including a double variety ; Cactus Speciosissimus ; Verbenas ; Roses ; Petunia 

 Hebe and other fine sorts ; Ipomopsis picta ; Perpetual Pinks; Scabiosa atropurpurea, &c. 

 Also, one Hand Bouquet. 



From Azell Bowditch, six fine Hand Bouquets. 



From William Meller, six varieties of Dahlias; Pinks, Pelargoniums, and other Cut 

 Flowers. Also, two Bouquets. 



