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III. 



ON ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND GREEN-HOUSES. 



To have charge of whatever relates to the cuhure, multi- 

 plication, and preservation of ornamental trees and sliruhs, and 

 flowers of all kinds ; the construction and management of green- 

 houses, the recommendation of objects for premiums, and the 

 awarding of them. 



ROBERT L. EMMONS, Chairman. 

 JONATHAN WINSHIP, 

 JOSEPH G. JOY, 

 DAVID HAGGERSTON, 

 GEORGE W. PRATT. 



IV. 



ON THE LIBRARY. 



To have charge of all books, drawings, and engravings, and to 

 recommend from time to time such as it may be deemed expedient 

 to procure ; to superintend the publication of such communications 

 and papers as may be directed by the council; to recommend pre- 

 miums for drawings of fruits and flowers, and plans of country 

 houses, and other edifices and structures connected with horticul- 

 ture ; and for communications on any subject in relation thereto. 



H. A. S. DEARBORN, Chairman. 



JOHN C. GRAY, 



JACOB BIGELOW, 



T. W. HARRIS, 



E. H. DERBY, 



ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr. 



COMMITTEE ON THE SYNONYMES OF FRUITS. 



At a meeting of the Society, June 20, the following gentlemen 

 were chosen a Committee to facilitate a change of fruits with the 

 Philadelphia, New York, and Albany Horticultural Societies, and 

 others, for the purpose of establishing their synonymes. 



JOHN LOWELL, Chairman, 

 ROBERT MANNING, 

 SAMUEL DOWNER. 



