426 MassacJmseits Horticultural Society. 



Dr. Herman Wendell, Swiss Chard or Silver Beets. The tops or stems 

 of the leaf of this vegetable are cooked and eaten as is asparagus, and, as 

 far as appearance goes, it is the most luscious looking vegetable we have 

 seen this season ; their fresh, dewy, and crisp creamy stems, made the 

 mouths of some of the committee water in spite of the epidemic reports. 

 Also, California Acorn squashes. The seeds from which these squashes 

 were produced were received by Mr. Johnson, the secretary of the society, 

 from the Patent Office last spring, who distributed them to several gentle- 

 men ; they appear to be very fine, and are nearly a month earlier than 

 other summer squashes. 



Premiums. — The premiums were awarded as follows: — 



On corn, for the best exhibited, to V. P. Douw, $ 1. 



On cucumbers of open culture, to Joel Rathbone, $ 1. 



On egg plants, to E. C. Mcintosh, of Albany, $2. 



On squashes, to Dr. Herman Wendell, $ 1. 



On tomatoes, to Joel Rathbone, $2. 

 The committee also recommend a special premium of one dollar to Dr. 

 Herman Wendell, for the Swiss Chard ; and one of the same amount to 

 E. P. Prentice, for four varieties of tomatoes, being the greatest number 

 exhibited by one person. — B. P. Johnson, Secretary. 



Art. IV. Maasachusetls Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, August Uh, 1849. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was 

 held to-day, — the President in the chair. 



Mr. C. M. Hovey presented the following votes, which were passed 

 unanimously : — 



Voted, That the members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 having learned, with feelings of the deepest regret, of the death of their 

 respected fellow-citizen, the Hon. Theodore Lyman, an honorary member 

 of this association, and the munificent donor of a liberal sum for the pro- 

 motion of the objects of the Society, therefore. 



Voted, That, in the sudden death of Mr. Lyman, the community have 

 sustained a severe loss and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society one of 

 its most ardent and enthusiastic friends. Deeply interested in all that per- 

 tains to the cultivation of the earth, and endowed with a true taste for 

 landscape beauty, his example, as evinced in the arrangement of his own 

 elegant grounds, had a high influence in disseminating a love for horticultu- 

 ral pursuits. 



Voted, That the Society sympathise with the family of Mr. Lyman, in 

 their afflicted bereavement, and respectfully tender their condolence. 



Voted, That the above be placed upon the Society's records, and a copy 

 of the same be transmitted to the family of Mr. Lyman, by the Corres- 

 ponding Secretary. 



