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At a special meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 held on Saturday, May 8, 1830, the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the four Committees on Fruits, the products of 

 the kitchen garden, Flowers, and the synonymes of fruits, be 

 specially charged to examine the various products within their 

 several departments, which may be weekly exhil)ited in the Hall 

 of the Society, and to furnish reports thereon for publication in 

 the New England Farmer. 



At a stated meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 which was held on Saturday, June 12, by adjournment, it was 



Voted, That the several Committees on Fruits, the products of 

 the kitchen garden. Flowers, and the synonymes of Fruits, which 

 were directed at the meeting held on the 8th of May last, to make 

 weekly reports on the products exhibited in the Hall of the Society, 

 be requested to present them for publication, with distinctive cap- 

 tions, and that they be signed by the chairman, or such member of 

 the Committee, as may be charged with the duty of preparing them 

 for the press. 



liesolved, that the Vllth section of the Constitution be so far 

 amended that all members be elected by the Council instead of 

 the manner prescribed in said section. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL. 



At a meeting of the board of-Counsellors of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, held on Saturday, December 5th, 1829, the 

 following resolutions were adopted : 



1st. Resolved, That an Executive Committee of the Council be 

 chosen to consist of five members, w ith authority to exercise all the 

 powers of the Council ; and said Committee to convene at such 

 times and places as may be deemed expedient, and to make re- 

 port of the proceedings to the Council at the stated meetings of the 

 board, and at such other times as may be required. 



