44 PROCEEDINGS. 



By James L. L. F. Warren, Red and White Alpine Strawberries. 



By Isaac Fay, four baskets of Fay's Seedling Strawberries, large and well colored. The 

 Committee made a further trial of Mr. Fay's Seedling, and cannot pass any higher 

 commendation than that expressed in a previous report. 



By Hovey & Co., Buist's Prize, (pleasant acidulous flavor,) Deptford Pine, Myatt's new 

 Hautbois, (of a peculiarly rich flavor,) Princess Alice Maude, and Hovey's Seedling 

 Strawberries. 



By John Owen, Wood Strawberries, red and white. 



The Committee have again to express their obligations to the President, Messrs. Josiah 

 Richardson, Otis Johnson, Josiah Lovett, Isaac Fay, and Hovey and Co., for a liberal supply 

 of Cherries and Strawberries, to test their qualities; Hovey's Seedling was used as a test. 

 For the Committee, EBEN. WIGHT. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 17, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair, 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership : — James Ingersoll, of Boston, 

 by Samuel Downer, Jr. : Hiram Brooks, of Cambridgeport, and Jesse Hall, of Cambridge, 

 by Samuel Walker. 



A commvinication was received from Edward E. Salisbury, Esq., together with a package 

 of the seed of the Morina Orientalisj a new plant, forwarded by John P. Brown, Esq., of 

 the American Embassy at Constantmople. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to John P. Brown, Esq., the donor, 

 and also to the gentleman who forwarded the seed. 



Voted, That the seed be placed in the hands of the Committee on Flowers, for distribu- 

 tion. 



On motion of Samuel Walker, it was 



Voted, That an invitation be extended to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, to attend 

 the coming annual exhibition of the Society, and that a delegation of three members, to be 

 chosen by the Chair, be appointed to attend the convention of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Whereupon, the President, B. V. French, and Samuel Walker, were appomted that 

 Committee. 



William H. Parker, of Boston, was elected a Subscription member of the Society. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, President of the Society, four pots of Seedling Japan 

 Lilies, from L. speciosum crossed with L. lancifolium album. These, like all the seedlings 

 which Mr. W. has bloomed, are almost identical with the first named species. 



From Joseph Breck & Co., fine Pinks, Delphiniums, Spireas, and other Cut Flowers, in 

 great variety. 



From Messrs. Winship, two fine specimens of Yucca filamentosa and gloriosa ; a variety 

 of Double Hollyhocks, Carnations, Picotee Pinks and other Herbaceous Flowers, including 

 a fine display of variegated Shrubs, among which were Ulmus variegata, crispa, viminalis, 

 cornubiensis, Betula laciniata pendula, and a pair of Mantel Bouquets. 



From Nahum Stetson, Dahlias. 



From James L. L. F. Warren, Pinks, with other Cut Flowers, and ten Bouquets, of 

 different shapes. 



