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Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, July 3d, 1846. — A stated monthly meeting of the Society was 

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



The Finance Committee reported that they had sold ten shares of stock 

 in the Shoe & Leather Dealers' Bank, which produced the sum of $ 1067 18. 

 One thousand dollars of this had been invested in the Massachusetts Hos- 

 pital Life Insurance Co., on the 15th of May last, being the Ltman Fund. 

 A certificate of deposit had been placed in the hands of the Treasurer, and 

 the balance, $67 18, paid into the Treasury. The Report was accepted. 



The following membeis were elected . — Nathaniel Dana, C. B. Dana, 

 and John N, Turner, E. C. Emerson, James P. Oliver, and R. A. Rich- 

 ards, Boston. 



Adjourned two weeks to July 17th. 



[In our last report, we omitted to give the doings of the meeting on the 

 19th of June. At that meeting, the Fruit Committee made a Report on the 

 Special Prize List for Fruits, as follows] : — 



Early in the year 1846, a gentleman in the vicinity of Boston, desirous 

 of promoting and advancing the science of Horticulture, placed at the dis- 

 posal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Three Hundred Dollars, 

 to be expended at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum for three con- 

 secutive years, in special premiums for fruit, viz. : Twenty premiums of 

 five dollars each to be awarded by the Committee on Fruits, under the direc- 

 tion of the Society, with the understanding that the Committee should pub- 

 lish a special report, stating the kinds and varieties of fruit to which the 

 premiums were awarded, together with the names and residences of the 

 cultivators. In accordance with the wish and desire of the donor, the Com- 

 mittee have awarded the following prizes to the finest specimens and best 

 varieties of fruit which have been exhibited at the Hall of the Society dur- 

 ing the past season, 1847. 



[This Report has already been given in full, page 85. — Ed.] 



To such other varieties of Fruit as may be presented at the Hall of the 

 Society during the years 1847 and '8, and which shall prove equal or supe- 

 rior, in all respects, to the varieties which now constitute the prize list will 

 be awarded the prizes under this donation, and they will be added to this 

 list, but, as long as the above varieties shall continue to prove superior to 

 all other kinds exhibited at the Hall, they will be considered as entitled to 

 the special prizes, and will be designated in future reports as having re- 

 ceived the prize for one, two, or three years, the object of the donor being to as- 

 certain, and make known through the Society, the best varieties of Cherries, 

 Plums, and Peaches which may have been exhibited before the Society for 

 three consecutive years. Respectfully submitted. — S. W alker. Chairman. 



The above Repon was accepted. 



The following persons were elected members : — Anson Dexter, Edward 

 Sayers, Boston ; H. H. Crapo, New Bedford ; Charles A. Hewins, Rox- 

 bury ; Charles Spring, Brighton ; Thomas Wiilott, Roxbury ; Royal Doug- 

 lass, Cambridge ; Benjamin W. Balch, Dedham. 



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