520 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



the future, and the expulsion of any member who may be found guilty of 

 so mean and contemptible an act as taking articles not belonging to him, 

 and the discharge of any person in their employ ^vho may be found to be 

 so guilty. 



C. M. Hovey, chairman of the committee appointed to prepare and pre- 

 sent to the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, the Society's Gold Medal, as a mark 

 of esteem for his eminent services while President of the Society, sub- 

 mitted the following correspondence : — 



Dear Sir, — Agreeably to a vole of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 passed at the annual meeting, January 6, 1849, a cop3' of which is enclosed, we now, 

 in accordance with tlial vote, have the pleasure of })resenting you with the Society's 

 Gold Tvlcdal. 



Many years have passed away since you presided at the head of our association ; 

 when your zeal in the cause of horticultural science ; — your untiring exertions to ren- 

 der popular the pleasing pursuit to which it is especially devoted; — your arduous 

 labors while guiding its affairs in the infancy of its organization, and your extensive 

 correspondence with gentlemen of science in every country and clime, gave to the 

 Society a standing and position which has since caused it to be looked upon as the 

 parent association of our country. 



As a small, but not the less earnest tribute to your labors, as the first President of 

 the Society, at a period when, in addition to its horticultural affairs, that noble monu- 

 ment of your devotion to its interests. Mount Auburn Cemetery was projected, we 

 now present you with the Society's Gold IVIedal, and beg your acceptance of the same. 



With the assurance of our best wishes for your health and prosperity, we have the 

 honor, dear sir, respectfully yours, 



C. M. Hovey, Cheever Newhall, E. ]\I. Richards, Committee. 



Boston, Sept. 2olh, 1S49. 

 To the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, Roxbury, Mass. 



Ilanthorn Cottage, Roxbury, Sept. 25lli, 1819. 



Gentlemen, — This afternoon I received, with great ])]easure, your very kind letter 

 and the beautiful gold meilal, which the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has so 

 generously conferred upon me ; and I request that you will do me the favor of pre- 

 senting my grateful acknowledgements to the members of that important iuslilulion 

 for the honor they have done me. I deeply regret, however, that my humlilc efforts 

 to promote one of the most interesting branches of rnral industry have not been 

 more worthy of such distinguished consideration and so precious a reward. 



For the very favorable manner in which you have been pleased to estimate the 

 very limited services I have attempted to render my fellow-citizens who arc inter- 

 ested in the various departments of useful and ornamental cultivation, I offer my 

 sincere thanks. 



With the most ardent aspirations for the prosperity of the Society, and your indi- 

 vidual happiness, I have the honor of being, gentlemen, your much obliged and most 

 obedient servant, H. A. S. Deakeokn. 



C. M. Hovey, Cheever Newhall, E. M. Richards, Esqrs., Committee. 



Meeting dissolved. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : The exhibition of dalilias for premiums took 

 place to-day, and the display was one of the finest for several years. Not 

 only were the flowers of the most perfect character, but they were shown 

 in great numbers, notwithstanding the dry weather of June and July. In- 

 deed we may truly say, such fine blooms were never seen in the Society's 

 hall ; and their great beauty seemed to revive anew the taste for the culti- 



