PROCEEDINGS. 147 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 3, 1850. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Agreeably to a vote of the Society, the following gentlemen were appointed delegates, 

 (with power to add to their number and to fill vacancies,) to attend the Pomological Con- 

 vention, in Cincinnati : — 



Samuel Walker, Marshall P. Wilder, B. V. French, A. D. Weld, J. H. Billings, W. B. 

 Kingsbury, Joseph Breck, J. S. Sleeper, Eben Wight, C. M. Hovey, W. R. Austin, Daniel 

 Leach. 



A communication, accompanied by a donation of Seedling Cherry buds, was received 

 from F. R. Elliot, Cleveland. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Mr. Elliot, and the Corresponding 

 Secretary be directed to communicate the same. 



The Corresponding Secretary was directed to transmit the Transactions of the Society to 

 Mr. W. P. Allen, Oswego, agreeably to his request. 



The Journal of the New York State Agricultural Society was presented by Dr. Wendell. 



Voted, That the Society meet in future at 12 instead of 11 o'clock. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 17, 1850. 



Vice President E. M. Richards, in the Chair. 



The following delegates were appointed to attend the Exhibitions of the New York State 

 Fair and American Institute : — 



To the New York State Fair — Samuel Walker, B. V. French, J. S. Cabot, Marshall P. 

 Wilder, Eben Wight, Joseph Breck, C. M, Hovey, Otis Johnson, J. S. Sleeper. 



To American Institute — Marshall P. Wilder, William R. Austin, C. M. Hovey, E. A. 

 Story. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 31, 1850. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Communications from the West Chester Horticultural Society, the Rhode Island Horticul- 

 tural Society and the Essex Institute, inviting delegates to attend their Exhibitions, were 

 received. 



The invitations were accepted, and the following gentlemen were named as delegates 

 to attend : — 



To the West Chester Horticultural Society — J. S. Cabot. 



To the Rhode Island Horticultural Society — E. M. Richards, B. V.French, Cheever 

 Newhall. 



To the Essex Institute — Samuel Walker, Otis Johnson, C. M. Hovey, Josiah Lovett. 



A communication was also received from the Wilmington, Delaware, Horticultural 

 Society, notifying that delegates had been chosen to attend the Annual Exhibition of this 

 Society. 



