PROCEEDINGS. 89 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 27, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for Membership : — Abel Moore, of Concord, Ms., 

 by Azell Bowditch ; William Bogle, of North Maiden, and Daniel Leach, of Roxbury, by 

 Samuel Walker, 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



From the President, the following new Pears : — Doyenne Boussoch — these specimens 

 were different from all others which have been exhibited under this name — Doyenne 

 Nerckraan, and Beurre d'Elberg. 



From Edward M. Richards, specimens of the Minister Apple. This apple sustains its 

 reputation as one of the best. 



From Samuel Walker, Passe Colmar, Vicar of Winkfield, Beurr6 d'Aremherg. Glout 

 Morceau, and Beurre Ranee Pears. 



The specimens of the Beurre Ranee were the best ever exhibited at the Hall of the 

 Society, but still they were deficient in quality compared with Mr. Thompson's description 

 in the London Horticultural Society's Catalogue. 



For the Committee, S. WALKER, Chairman, 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 4, 1847. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for Membership : — Dan S. Smalley, Jamaica 

 Plains, by Azell Bowditch, and Edward S. Rand, of Dedham, by Eben. Wight. 



The President, from the Executive Committee, reported (in accordance with the duty 

 imposed upon them by the sixteenth section of the By-Laws) that, after an examination of the 

 present state of the Treasury, and a prospective view of the receipts for the ensuing year, 

 they recommend as an appropriation for Premiums and Gratuities, for 1848, the same 

 amount, and in the same proportion to the various Committees, as was granted the past season. 



Voted) That the report of the Executive Committee be accepted. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Herman Wendell, M. D., of Albany, 

 N. Y., for the two numbers of the " Journal of Agricultural Science," containing a colored 

 plate and history of Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau Cherry, Also, that the Recording 

 Secretary forward to Dr, Wendell a copy of the " Transactions of the Society." 



Voted, That the Committee on the Library, be authorized to purchase the back numbers of 

 the " Farmer's Library," published at New York, and to subscribe for the future numbers. 



Cheever Newhall, Esq., stated that he had been waited upon by the Librarian of the 

 Natural History Society, with a request that the Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society might be transferred to their rooms, in which case the members of this Society 

 would have access to both Libraries, together with all the privileges which they now enjoy. 



Voted, That the subject be referred to the Executive Committee. 



A letter was received from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, in reference to 

 appointing the days for the next Annual Exhibition, and the matter was referred to a 

 Committee consisting of the following gentlemen : Otis Johnson, C. M, Hovey, Ebenezer 

 Wight, with the request to report early. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members : — William W. Merrill, and Charles 

 Carruth, of Boston, and E. K. Johnson, of Nahant. 

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