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present being that of a box of seeds received from Pro- 

 fessor Tenore of the Botanic Garden at Naples, through 

 Capt. M. C. Perry of the United States Ship Concord, 

 a corresponding member of the Society, and interested 

 in botanical and* horticultural pursuits, it being on the 

 22d of December, 1832, resolved that this box of seeds 

 be confided to the care of Mr. Haggerston. Seeds of 

 Magnolia acuminata, from Dr. S. P. Hildreth of Ma- 

 rietta, O., an honorary member of the Society, on the 

 30th of March, 1833, received the same disposition, as 

 did all similar donations as long as the garden remained 

 in possession of the Society. On the 18th of May 

 1833, the president of the Society announced donations 

 of seeds from David Porter, Esq., Charge <T Affaires of 

 the United States at the Ottoman Porte ; J. Fay, gar- 

 dener at the public grounds of the Capitol and Presi- 

 dent's house, Washington, D. C. ; Alexander Walsh 

 of New York; Col. T. H. Perkins of Boston; and 

 the London Horticultural Society, all of which, by vote 

 of the Society, were placed in charge of the gardener 

 at Mount Auburn, for cultivation. Gen, Dearborn also 

 added to this report the following statement concern- 

 ing the Society's garden : 



"I am happy to announce to the Society, that the plan of the 

 experimental garden at Mount Auburn is in progress, and will 

 soon be carried completely into effect. Mr. Haggerston, the gar- 

 dener, moved into the cottage early in the last month, and, with 

 two laborers, has been constant^ and most industriously employed 

 in setting out over one thousand and three hundred forest, orna- 

 mental, and fruit trees, planting culinary vegetables, and preparing 

 hotbeds for receiving a great variety of useful plants, which are 

 intended to be distributed over the various compartments of the 

 garden, and on borders of the avenues and paths. Among the 

 seeds planted are four hundred and fifty varieties which have been 



