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Property of the Society. 

 Building, ....... $36,000 00 



Furnitureof Hall, &c., ..... .1,83500 



Library, ........ 1,468 00 



Stocks, ....... 3,700 00 



Appleton and other funds, ..... 3,500 00 



$46,503 00 



The only debt of the societ)', except some few outstanding accounts, is 

 the mortgage of $ 15,000 00 



On motion of Mr. Newhall, it was voted, that the finance committee be 

 requested to negotiate for the payment of the present mortgage, when it be- 

 comes due in May. 



The president advised that a semi-annual show of roses, &c., should be 

 held in June, and the subject was referred to the committee of arrange- 

 ments, to report at a future meeting. He also recommended that a cata- 

 logue should be published, of all the varieties of fruit, which had been ex- 

 hibited at the rooms of the society, from its organization up to the present 

 time, with the names of the exhibitors. Referred to the fruit committee. 



D. T. Curtis, and J. H. Bufford, of Boston, were elected members. 



Adjourned 2 weeks to Feb. 3. 



Exhibited. — Frdit : From E. M. Richards, Echasserie pears. From H. 

 Vandine, four varieties of pears. From Mr. Baldwin, very large Catillae 

 pears. From J. S. Cabot, Brande's St. Germain pears, very fine. 



At the meeting of the 13th Jan., J. F. Allen exhibited Syrian and Black 

 Hamburgh grapes, of last year's crop. 



Jatiuanj 27th. Exhibited. — Flowers: From M. P. Wilder, a seedling 

 Camellia, called Maria Louise, a crimson flower, occasionally spotted and 

 marbled with white, regular form, double and imbricated ; also cut flowers 

 of iSpiraj^a prunifolia pleno, Acacia spectabilis, E'pacris pulch^lla, and E. 

 impressa alba, fine specimens. 



February 3d. — An adjourned meeting of the society was held to-day, — 

 the President in the chair. 



Mr. Wilder, from the committee appointed to settle with Mount Auburn 

 Cemetery, reported that they had attended to the duty, and that the sum of 

 $2,582 43, the society's proportion of the proceeds, had been received, and 

 paid over to the treasurer. 



Mr. Breck, chairman of the committee of arrangements, reported that the 

 21st Annual Exhibition should be held on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st of 

 September next. 



A bill for painting fruits was presented by Mr. Sharp, and, on motion of 

 Mr. Haggerston, it was voted that the treasurer pay the same. 



L. B. Comins and L. S. Beecher, of Roxbury, were elected members. 



Adjourned one week to Feb. 10th. 



Exhibited. — Fruit: From J.Washburn, of Plymouth, Holmes apple, 

 which the committee pronounced fine, and deserving of extensive cultiva- 

 tion. From J. F. Allen, grapes of last year's growth. 



