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panied with a painting of some Ohio and other fruits, and the thanks of 

 the Society were voted, and his letter ordered to be published in Hovey's 

 Magazine. 



Adjourned four weeks to April 7. 



March 2ith. Exhihiled. — Flowers : From John Quant, a well grown 

 specimen of Pimelea speclabilis, a beautiful New Holland plant. It was 

 about three feet high, and six feet round, containing hundreds of its 

 umbels of blossoms. 



Gratuitv. — To J. Quant, for Pimelea specTabilis, $2. 



April llh. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



Fifiy dollars were appropriated for premiums for the semi-annual exhi- 

 bition in June ; and two hundred dollars for the Library Committee. 



Messrs. Macondry, Wight and Copeland were appointed a committee to 

 superintend alterations in the Library Room. 



Two hundred dollars were appropriated for the Committee on Publica- 

 tion to complete the Transactions of the Society. 



The committee appointed for that object reported that a piece of plate of 

 the value of $25 be given to J. F. Allen. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Dr. W. D. Brinckle, Philadel- 

 phia, and A. H. Ernst, Cincinnati, for contributions of rare scions of fruits. 



A. C. Bowditch, W. Underwood, T. R. Marvin, and Rev. T. M. 

 Clarke, Boston, and Dr. B. K. Bliss, Springfield, were elected members of 

 the Society. 



Adjourned two weeks to April 21st. 



Exhibited. — Fruits : From J. F. Allen, grapes and figs. 



Vegetables. — From T. Needham, a brace of Hampstead black spine 

 cucumbers. 



Afril 2\st. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



A valuable Chinese vase was presented to the Society by Geo. B. Jones, 

 and the .iianks of the Society were voted for the same. 



Dr. E. Wood, Dighton, was elected a member of the Society. 



Adjourned one week to April 28. 



Exhibited. — Fruits: From Messrs. Hovey & Co., i\berdeen Beehive 

 strawberries, well grown, and filled with fruit, exhibited in pots : proving it 

 to be a fine forcing variety ; also one box of fruit of the same variety. 



April 28th. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — 

 the President in the chair. 



Scions of a new apple were received from Mr. L. P. Grosvenor, and 

 distributed among the members. The thanks of the society were voted, 

 and the description of the fruit accompanying the scions ordered to be pub- 

 lished in Hovey's Magazine. [This will appear in our next. — Ed.] 



Adjourned two weeks to May 12th. 



Exhibited. — Fruit: From J. F. Allen, two kinds of grapes. From L. 

 P. Grosvenor, Pomfret, Conn., specimens of a seedling apple, called the 

 Averill apple. 



