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 III. 



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



To have charge of whatever relates to the cuUure, miihiplica- 

 tion, and preservation of ornamental trees and shrubs, and flow- 

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

 houses ; the recommendation of objects for premiums, and the 

 awarding of them. 



JONATHAN WINSHIP, Chairman. 



JOSEPH G. JOY, 



DAVID HAGGERSTON, 



GEORGE W. PRATT, 



SAMUEL WALKER, 



IV. 



ON TUB LIBRARY. 



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

 to recommend from time to time such as it may be deemed ex- 

 pedient to procure ; to superintend the publication of such com- 

 munications and papers as may be directed by the council ; to 

 recommend premiums for drawings of fruits and flowers, and 

 plans of country houses, and other edifices and structures con- 

 nected with horticulture ; -and for communications on any sub- 

 ject in relation thereto. 



H. A. S. DEARBORN, Chairman. 



JACOB BIGELOW, 



T. W. HARRIS, 



E. H. DERBY, 



ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr. 



G. W. PRATT. 



V. 



ON THE SYNONYMS OF FRUITS. 



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

 were chosen a Committee to facilitate an exchange of fruits with 

 the Philadelphia, New-York, and Albany Horticultural Societies, 

 and others, for the purpose of establishing their synonyms, 



JOHN LOWELL, Chairman. 



ROBERT MANNING, 



SAMUEL DOWNER. 



