PROCEEDINGS. 167 



The Committee appointed to consider the propriety of awarding to Vice President B. 

 V. French, some testimonial for his services to the Society, and more especially for his 

 zeal in collecting together and exhibiting so many superior varieties of Apples, reported 

 that the Society's Gold Medal, or its value in plate, be awarded to Mr. French. 



Mr. Button, from the Committee on the Donation of Mr. Smith, submitted a Report, 

 proposing the purchase of fine works upon Horticulture, &c., and that the name of the 

 donor should be appended to each volume, in such manner as to show it was purchased 

 from Mr. Smith's fund. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 15, 1851. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Voted, That a Committee of seven, consisting of J. S. Cabot, C. M. Hovey, Josiah Lovett, 

 David Haggerston, William H. Austin, D. Leach, and Parker Barnes, be appointed to 

 consider the expediency of celebrating the next anniversary by a Triennial Festival, &c., 

 and to report upon the same. 



A communication from D. T. Curtis, upon the Preservation of Fruit, was received, and 

 referred to the Fruit Committee. 



A communication was received from the Maryland Horticultural Society, requesting 

 copies of the publications of the Society. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 1, 1851. 

 President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



The following Report, made by Mr. Cabot, Chairman of the Committee on Gardens, was 

 adopted : — 



The Committee on Gardens, who, by a vote of the Society were directed to report a list 

 of Prizes to be awarded for Gardens, Gieen-Houses, Graperies, &c., beg leave to recom- 

 mend, that the Prizes named in the subjoined order, amounting in the aggregate to two 

 hundred dollars, — the sum placed by the Society at their disposal for this purpose, — be 

 offered for the objects named in such order, to be awarded in 1851, in accordance with the 

 Rules established by the Society. The Committee also recommend that a schedule of such 

 Prizes, with the Rules under which they will be awarded, be printed for distribution. 

 For the Committee. 



JOSEPH S. CABOT, Chairman. 



Ordered, That the following Prizes, to be awarded in 1851, be offered by the Society, 

 viz. : — 

 For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept Garden 



or Grounds, through the season, , $25 00 



For the 2d best do., - 15 00 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept Fruit 



Garden, through the season, 25 00 



For the 2d best do., 15 00 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept Flower 



Garden, through the season, 20 00 



For the 2d best do., 10 00 



