122 PROCEEDINGS. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 4, 1849. 

 President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 

 The following votes, presented by C. M. Hovey, were unanimously adopted : — 



Voted, That the members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society having learned, 

 with feelings of the deepest regret, of the death of their respected fellow-citizen, the Hon. 

 Theodore Lyman, an honorary member of this association, and the munificent donor of a 

 liberal sum for the promotion of the objects of the Society, therefore, 



Voted, That, in the sudden death of Mr. Lyman, the community have sustained a 

 severe loss, and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society one of its most ardent and 

 enthusiastic friends. Deeply interested in all that pertains to the cultivation of the earth, 

 and endowed with a true taste for landscape beauty, his example, as evinced in the 

 arrangement of his own elegant grounds, had a high influence in disseminating a love 

 for horticultural pursuits. 



Votedf That the Society sympathize with the family of Mr. Lyman, in their afflicting 

 bereavement, and respectfully tender their condolence. 



Voted, That the above be placed upon the Society's records, and a copy of the same be 

 transmitted to the family of Mr. Lyman, by the Corresponding Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 18, 1849. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



A copy of the eighth volume of the Transactions of the New York State Agricultural 

 Society, was received from the Secretary, B. P. Johnson, and the thanks of the Society for 

 the same were voted. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 25, 1849. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Letters were read from the Chester County Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania, and the 

 New Haven Horticultural Society, inviting a delegation from this Society to be present at 

 their Annual Exhibitions. 



Voted, That a minute of the reception of the letters be made upon the records, and an 

 acknowledgment forwarded to the Societies by the Corresponding Secretary. 



Voted, That a delegation, consisting of five members, be appointed by the Chair to 

 attend the Annual Exhibition of the New Haven Horticultural Society. 



Messrs. C. M. Hovey, Joseph Breck, Josiah Lovett, Eben Wight, and Wra. R. Austin, 

 were appointed delegates. 



Voted, That the Societies to whom an invitation was extended last season be invited to 

 be present at the coming Annual Exhibition. 



The following communication was received from Lawrence Young, Esq., respecting 

 the use of lime as a preventive to the ravages of the Curculio upon the Plum, &c. : — 



Springdale, (near Louisville, Ky.) July, 1849. 

 Samuel Walker, Esq., President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Dear Sir : — In the course of a conversation held with you in Boston, during the 

 autumn of last year, I learned that the Curculio was exceedingly troublesome to the 



