134 PROCEEDINGS. 



On motion of C, M. Hovey, 



Voted, That a Committee, of five, be appointed to take into consideration what measures, 

 if any, should be adopted relative to the Exhibitions of the coming year, and report at the 

 Annual Meeting in January, 1850, and that the President be Chairman of that Committee. 



Messrs. C. M. Hovey, D. Haggerston, J. Breck, and J. Lovett, were appointed on the 

 Committee. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 3, 1849. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



A List of Premiums on Flowers, awarded during the year, was reported by the Chairman 

 of the Committee on Flowers. 



A vote was submitted by Mr. Haggerston, recommending an alteration in the Rules and 

 Regulations of the Exhibitions, so as to exclude all but members from competing for premi- 

 ums; that no member shall be entitled to a gratuity on Plants, Fruits, &c., unless offered 

 in competition for the respective premiums, as advertised by the Society, and the gratuity 

 shall in no case exceed the lowest premium, and that the seventeenth rule be amended by 

 striking out all after the first clause. 



The whole subject was submitted to the Committee on Exhibitions, appointed at the last 

 meeting. 



Messrs. C. M. Hovey, W. R. Austin, and the Recording Secretary, were appointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of corresponding with the leading Horticultural Societies of the 

 country, respecting the time for holding the Annual Exhibitions of 1850. 



The Committee on Exchanges with M. Vattemare, reported that they had furnished that 

 gentleman with duplicate copies of all the Transactions of the Society. 



Mr. E. C. R. Walker, being about to leave this vicinity, tendered his resignation of the 

 office of Recording Secretary, whereupon a Comrnittee, consisting of J. S. Cabot, Joseph 

 Breck, and Eben Wight, was appointed to nominate and report at the next meeting, a 

 suitable person as his successor. 



On motion of Mr. Cabot, it was 



Voted. That the thanks of the Society be presented to the Recording Secretary, and as a 

 maik of esteem for his services, a piece of plate, not exceeding in value thirtyfive dollars. 



The President and Treasurer were appointed a Committee on the foregoing vote. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 17, 1849. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



The Committee appointed at the last meeting to nominate a person to fill the vacancy 

 occasioned by the resignation of the Recording Secretary, reported the name of the Rev. 

 Daniel Leach, and he was elected. 



The vacancy in the Committee on Flowers, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. E. C. 

 R. Walker, was filled by the election of Mr. Azel Bowditch. 



Mr. Haggerston presented the following, with a request that it be appended to the Report 

 of the Committee on Flowers : — 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to the President for his beautiful 

 exhibition of Flowers, and for his liberality in not competing for premiums and refusing 

 all gratuities. 



Unanimously adopted. 



