PROCEEDINGS. 133 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 6, 1849. 

 Vice President Cheever Newhall, in the Chair. 



The Committee on Nominations reported the names of the following gentlemen, as 

 OfEcers for the year ensuing, and they were elected : — 



President — Samuel Walker. 



Vice Presidents — B. V. French, Cheever Newhall, E. M. Richards, J. S. Cabot. 



Treasurer — William R. A\istin, 



Corres'ponding Secretary — Eben Wight. 



Recording Secretary — E. C. R. Walker. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology — J. L. Russell. 



Professor of Entomology — T. W. Harris. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — E. N. Horsford. 



standing committees. 

 On Fruits — J. S. Cabot, Chairman; Eben Wight, Josiah Lovett, Joseph Break, R. 

 Manning, G. R. Russell, C. M. Hovey. 



On Plants and Flowers — David Haggerston, Chairman ; A. McLennan, William B. 

 Richards, E. A. Story, F. L. Winship, E. C. R. Walker, P. Barnes. 



On Vegetables — A. D. Williams, Jr., Chairman; W. B. Kingsbury, J. Nugent, A. Bow- 

 ditch, A. D. Weld, S. W. Cole, George Pierce. 



On the Library — CM. Hovey, Chairman; H. W. Dutton, J. Breck, J. Owen, R. M. 

 Copeland, Librarian. 



On Synonymes of Fruits — M. P. Wilder, Chairman; P. B. Hovey, Jr., R. Manning, 

 J. Lovett, J. S. Cabot. 



Executive Committee — S. Walker, Chairman; W. R. Austin, M. P. Wilder, E. M. 

 Richards, O. Johnson. 



For Establishing Premiums — J. S. Cabot, Chairman; D. Haggerston, A. D. Williams, 

 Jr., J. Lovett, P. B. Hovey, Jr. 



On Finance — M. P. Wilder, Chairman; J. Stickney, 0. Johnson. 



071 Publication — Eben Wight, Chairman ; J. Lovett, J. Breck, E. C. R. Walker, J. 

 S. Cabot, D. Haggerston, A. D. Williams, Jr. 



The Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents, was received from Hon. Robert C. 

 Winthrop^ and the thanks of the Society were voted for the same. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 13, 1849. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Owen submitted a preamble and resolutions in reference to the formation of an 

 Experimental Garden, whereupon, on motion of Cheever Newhall, it was 



Voted. That a Committee, of five, be appointed by the Chair to take the subject into 

 consideration and report at a future meeting. 



Messrs. Cheever Newhall, J. Owen, M. P. Wilder, B. V. French, and J. S. Cabot were 

 .appointed. 



Voted, That for the future, whenever Exhibitions take place in the Library Room, the 

 exhibitors be allowed to remove their contributions at 12 o'clock. 



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