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Charles Tappan, Boston. Thomas Dowse, Cambridgeport . 



J. G. Cogswell, Northampton. Daniel Waldo, Worcester. 



Jonathan Winship, Brighton. William H. Sumuer, Dorchester. 



John B. Russell, Boston. Elias Phinney, Lexington. 



Charles Senior, Roxbury. Henry A. Breed, Lynn. 



Augustus Aspinwall, Brooldine. Samuel Jaquesjun., Charlestown. 



William Lincoln, Worcester. J. P. Leland, Sherburne. 



William E. Carter, Cambridge. Benj. W. Crowninshield, Salem. 



Wilh'am Jackson, Plymouth. E. Hersey Derby, Salem. 



Jacob Tidd, Roxbury. Nathaniel Davenport, Milton. 



William Kenrick, Newton. John Lemist, Roxbury. 



Thus the Massachusetts Horticultural Society was 

 fully organized on the 17th of March, 1829, in the 

 city of Boston, and at the office of one of its vice-presi- 

 dents. At this meeting it was announced that upwards 

 of one hundred and sixty persons had become subscrib- 

 ers ; while in the first publication of the Society, a pam- 

 phlet printed in August, 1829, are the names of two 

 hundred and seventeen members ; and the list, when 

 the account of the first anniversary, September 10, 

 1829, was published, had increased to two hundred and 

 forty-nine, including the names of many of the scientific 

 and opulent citizens of Boston and vicinity, as well as a 

 considerable number of the most respected practical cul- 

 tivators. Indeed, the Society began its career half a cen- 

 tury ago under the happiest auspices. The praiseworthy 

 objects of the association, the urgent demand for it to 

 represent the horticultural enterprise and taste of New 

 England, and the high character and attainments 'of its 

 officers and members, were sure guaranties that it would 

 be, as it has been, eminently successful. 



On the 7th of April the Council appointed Dr. Jacob 

 Bigelow Professor of Botany, Dr. John W. Webster 

 Professor of Horticultural Chemistry, and Dr. Thad- 

 deus William Harris Professor of Entomology. 



