80 PROCEEDINGS. 



Messrs. C. K. Dillaway and Samuel Walker, were appointed by the Chair, a Committee 

 to assort and count the votes. They reported the election of the following gentlemen : — 



President. — Marshall P. Wilder. 



Vice Presidents. — Benjamin V. French, Cheever Newhall, Edward M. Richards, Joseph 

 S. Cabot. 



Treasurer. — Samuel Walker. 



Corresponding Secretary. — James E. Tescheraacher. 



Recording Secretary. — Edward C. R. Walker. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology. — John Lewis Russell, A. M. 



Professor of Entomology. — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry. — Professor E. N. Horsford. 



Committee on Fruits. — Samuel Walker, Chairman; P. B. Hovey, Jr., Otis Johnson, David 

 Haggerston, Joseph S. Cabot, Eben. Wight, Frederick W. Macondry. 



Committee on Plants and Flowers. — Joseph Breck, Chairman ; Henry W. Dutton, W. E. 

 Carter, Alexander McLellan, E. Augustus Story, William Quant, William B. Richards. 



Committee on Vegetables. — Aaron D.Williams, Jr., Chairman; William B. Kingsbury, 

 Aaron D. Williams, Josiah Newhall, James Nugent, Azell Bowditch, Edward C. R. Walker. 



Committee on Library. — Charles M. Hovey, Chairman; Charles K. Dillaway, R. M. 

 Copeland, Joseph Breck, William B. Richards. 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruit. — Marshall P. Wilder, Chairman ; Benjamin V. French, 

 Charles M. Hovey, Joseph S. Cabot, The Chairman of the Fruit Committee. 



Executive Committee. — The President, Chairman ; The Treasurer, Augustus Aspinwall, 

 Edward M. Richards, Otis Johnson. 



Committee for Establishing Premiums. — The Chairman of the Committee on Fruits, 

 Chairman; The Chairman of the Committee on Flowers, The Chairman of the Committee 

 on Vegetables, Charles M. Hovey, David Haggerston. 



Finance Committee. — Josiah Stickney, Chairman; Joseph Balch, Frederick W. Macondry. 



Committee of Publication. — James E. Teschemacher, Chairman ; Charles K. Dillaway, 

 Eben. Wight, Recording Secretary, Chairman of the Committee on Fruits, Chairman of the 

 Committee on Flowers, Chairman of the Committee on Vegetables. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for membership : — For Life membership, 

 Alexander Pope, of Dorchester, by Eben. Wight : Subscription, Horace Gray, of Boston, 

 and Stephen M. Weld, of Roxbury, by the President, and Benjamin Hemmenway, of 

 Dorchester, and James Hill, of Somerville, by E. C. R. Walker. 



A letter was received from A. E. Belknap, Esq., accompanied with seed of Lentils, 

 received from Smyrna. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to A. E. Belknap, Esq., and the 

 Seed placed in the hands of the Committee on Vegetables, for distribution. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



The exhibition of Dahlias this day was considered by amateurs the best that was ever 

 witnessed in the rooms. The stands were all filled, and it was necessary to dispose of 

 many fine flowers by arranging them on the tables. The competitors for premiums were 

 numerous. 



From the President of the Society, a splendid collection of Dahlias, consisting of more 

 than three hundred blooms, including the following, viz : Marchioness of Cornwallis, 

 Mimosa, Princess Radzville, Fulwood Scarlet, Hon. Mrs. Herbert, Lady of the Lake, 

 Essex Goldfinch, Isis, Gazelle, Sir Edward Antrobus, Golden Rule, Punch, Eugene Sue, 

 Dawn of Day, Ultimatum, Captivation, La Beaut6, &c. Also, a plant of Erica hyemalis, 

 (a superb variety,) covered with bloom, and flowers of Abutilon venosum. 



