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ing of the property of the Society, and of procuring 

 other accommodations, was referred to the Executive 

 and Finance Committees. On the 17th of December, 

 the joint committee made their report, from which the 

 following is an extract : "A portion of your committee 

 were in favor of rebuilding upon the present site ; but, 

 upon careful estimates, it was found that a building such 

 as could be erected upon our present property, though 

 perhaps sufficient for our present wants, would not be 

 such as would be creditable to the Society, or satisfactory 

 to individual members, and also that a suitable build- 

 ing would involve an expenditure of from twenty to 

 thirty thousand dollars, without increasing the value of 

 the land in like proportion, or being such as would 

 afford a large income to the Society." The committee 

 further stated that they had received from Harvey D. 

 Parker what they considered a most liberal oifer for the 

 property, and that they regarded the acceptance of it as 

 greatly for the interest of the Society. At a meeting a 

 week later, the Society voted to accept the offer of Mr, 

 Parker, and to sell the property on the conditions men- 

 tioned in the preceding chapter ; and the site of the 

 hall is now occupied by the ladies' dining room and 

 adjacent corridor of the Parker House. 



In his annual address, on the 7th of January, 1860, 

 President Breck, after alluding to the advantageous sale 

 of the Society's property, said, " We shall leave this 

 spot with feelings of deep regret; for here we have 

 enjoyed many pleasant meetings. This is the place 

 where we have first seen many new fruits and flowers, 

 where we have acquired much horticultural knowledge, 

 and where, for many years, the associations have con- 

 tinued satisfactory and pleasant." 



