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ture time we ■will endeavor to do so. With the exception of gerani- 

 ums, or pelarn;oniuins, of which Boston amateurs cantiot begin to make 

 any display, coini)are<l with our correspondent's beautiful and most rare 

 collection, we believe that our friends in New York may enrich their 

 gardens in some deirree by applyin;jto Boston cultivators. 



But we have extended our remarks I eyond our profiosed limits, and 

 have no desire to prolong a controversy which, lhou<:h written in the 

 best friendship, will not be of much profit. We do hope we have iieen 

 mistaken in our remarks which were the subject of Mr. Hogg's criti- 

 cism; and we shall be glad to be able, by the retm-n of another year, 

 when we shall give another retrospective view of gardening, to allow 

 our friends to be placed at least on a level with Boston. Let the Hor- 

 ticultural Society be resuscitated, or a new one got up to take its place, 

 and, by the interest which it excites, we shall draw an inference of the 

 progress of the science among the community at large. — Ed. 



Art. V. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, March 3d, 1838. — This was a stated meeting of the Soci- 

 ety for the transaction of business. 



The Financial Committee made a report, from which it appears that 

 its ))ecuiiiary affairs are in a flonrishimr condition. 



It was voted, at this meeting, that the simi of $275 be jdaced at the 

 disposal of the several fruit, flower and vegetable connnittees, for the 

 purpose of awarding suitable premiums during the ])resent year. U|)- 

 on the passage of this vote some discussion took place in regard to its 

 division among the committees, and it was finally distributed as fol- 

 lows: — 



To the Flower Committee, $125; to the Fruit Committee, $100; to 

 the Vegetable Committee, ^50. In our next number we shall endeavor 

 to give the reports of the several committees, enumerating the articles 

 for which prizes will be offered. 



Exhibited. — A few varieties of apples, from B. V. French. 



Read. — A letter from E. M. Riehards, describing a mode for pre- 

 venting the ravages of the borer. This will be found in another page. 



We anticipate some very excellent displays of flowers and fruits, and 

 even vegetables, the coming season. The Society's new room is com- 

 modious, and the various productions will appear to much better advan- 

 tage than they did in their former place, where there was neither space 

 for the aricles exhibited, nor for the numerous assemblage of persons 

 who attended the weekly meetings of the Society the past season. We 

 have nnderstood that there will be probably some alteration as respects 

 the exhibitions, and that there will be four monthly ones of great beau- 

 ty. But of this we shall inform our readers hereafter. 



