114 PROCEEDINGS. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 4, 1848, 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



A letter from William R. Bunnell, respecting a preventive for the ravages of the Curculio, 

 and other insects of a similar nature, was received. 



On motion, it was 



Voted, That it be submitted to the Fruit Committee, to take such action upon it as they 

 deem fit, and that notice be given to Mr. Bunnell, of such disposal, by the Corresponding 

 Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 18, 1848. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The Committee appointed to procure a piece of plate, of the value of fifty dollars, to be 

 presented to the late Recording Secretary, Mr. Eben Wight, reported that they had attended 

 to the duties assigned them, and submitted the correspondence. 



Mr. Cabot offered the following : — 



Voted, That a committee be chosen to consider, and report to the Society, upon the 

 expediency of the adoption by this Society, of some measures to obtain and disseminate 

 information as to the best mode of cultivating Fruits. 



Messrs. J. S. Cabot, S. Walker, D. Haggerston, C. M. Hovey, E. M. Richards, M. P. 

 Wilder, Joseph Breck, B. V. French, and Otis Johnson, were appointed a Committee to 

 report on the same. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 2, 1848. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The Executive Committee, in accordance with the duty enjoined cm them, recommended 

 that the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated by the Society for 

 premiums for the year 1849; that the income derived from the Appleton, fiOwell, Lyman, 

 and Bradlee Funds, consfitute a part of the amount, and that the apportionment to the 

 several Committees be the same as for the year 1848. 



The Fund for Special Prizes having all been awarded, it was suggested by the Committee, 

 that ten sets of Colman's European Agriculture, and the Medals remaining on hand, (after 

 the distribution of those already awarded,) be given as premiums, or gratuities, for such 

 objects as are worthy of distinction, and are not provided for in the prize list. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 16, 1848. 



The President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



A letter was read by the President, from M. Tougard, President of the Central Society 

 of Horticulture, of Rouen, France : with the letter was received a Catalogue of his Nursery, 

 and the publications of the Society over which he presides. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to M. Tougard, and the Corresponding Secretary 

 was directed to transmit to him a copy of the vote, and also a copy of the Transactions of 

 the Society. 



