PROCEEDINGS. 179 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 4, 1851. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



The Chairman of the Committee to nominate Officers for the ensuing year, after slating 

 that Mr. Walker peremptorily declined being a candidate for re-election, submitted their 

 Report, and the meeting proceeded to ballot. The following gentlemen were elected : — 



President — Joseph S. Cabot. 



Vice Presidents — B. V. French, Cheever Newhall, E. M. Richards, Josiah Stickney. 



Treasurer — William R.<Austin. 



Corresponding Secretary — Eben Wight. 



Recording Secretary — W. C. Strong. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology — John Lewis Russell. 



Professor of Entomology — T. W. Harris. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — E. N. Horsford. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



On Fruits — Eben Wight, Chairman; Josiah Lovett, Joseph Breck, C. ]\t. Hovey, W. 

 R. Austin, F. Lyman Winship, J. S. Sleeper. 



On Plants and Flowers — David Haggerston, Chairman; A. McLennan, E.A.Story, 

 P. Barnes, Azell Bowditch, L. Davenport, J. Nugent. 



On Vegetables — Henry Bradlee, Chairman; A. D. Williams, J. Mann, Jr. A. C. Bowditch. 



On the Library — C. M. Hovey, Chairman ; H. W. Dutton, R. M. Copeland, Daniel T. 

 Curtis, W. S. King. 



On Synonyms of Fruits — M. P. Wilder, Chairman; P. B. Hovey, R. Manning, E. M. 

 Richards, Eben Wight. 



Executive Committee — J. S. Cabot, Chairman; W. R. Austin, M. P. Wilder, Samuel 

 Walker, Otis Johnson. 



For Establishing Premiums — Eben Wight, Chairman ; D. Haggerston, H. Bradlee, Josiah 

 Lovett, P. B. Hovey, Jr. 



Oji Finance — Marshall P. Wilder, Chairman ; Josiah Stickney, Otis Johnson. 



On Publications — Eben Wight, Chairman ; Josiah Lovett, Joseph Breck, W. C. Strong, 

 D. Haggerston, H. Bradlee. 



On Gardens — Josephs. Cabot, Chairman; Joseph Breck, A. D. Weld, Josiah Lovett, 

 W. R. Austin. 



Pamphlets from L. A. H. Latour, of Montreal, Canada, were received, and the Society's 

 thanks were voted for the same. 



Catalogues from A. Vattemare, Paris, were received. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to H. B. Stanwood, for the loan of a beautiful 

 Lepergne, at the Annual Exhibition. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 29, 1851. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Voted^ That the President, with Messrs, Wilder and Breck, be a Cnmmittee, to propose 

 some mode by which the Reports of the several Committees Awarding Premiums, shall be 

 made to the Treasurer. 



The Executive Committee, by the President, reported, that the same amount of money 

 as appropriated last year, for premiums, be appropriated for the year 1852, and that it be 

 distributed among the several Committees in the same manner. 



Messrs. Cabot, Wilder, and Breck, were appointed a Committee to consider the expedi- 

 ency of awarding a Premium or Gratuity to Capt. Lovett, for the Christiana Melon. 



