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Garden of Ornamental Annuals, of Bulbous Hoots, and 

 of Perennials; Paxton's Magazine of Botany, either the 

 entire work, or to commence with the first number of 

 the next volume ; Eogers's Fruit Cultivator ; Ruffin on 

 Calcareous Manures ; Land Draining, by the Author of 

 British Husbandry ; Use and Abuse of Lime ; and Ste- 

 phens's Book of the Farm. The committee concluded 

 by suggesting the propriety of setting apart annually a 

 certain sum in aid of the library. 



This report was accepted, with an amendment in- 

 structing the committee to purchase Gray's Botanical 

 Text Book in addition to the works named, and to 

 subscribe for the London Horticultural Society's Trans- 

 actions, London's Gardener's Magazine, and Paxton's 

 Magazine of Botany, to commence with the first number 

 of the current volume, instead of procuring back vol- 

 umes, and not to exceed in amount the sum, of $150. 



A year later, the committee reported that the library 

 of the Society was not in as good condition as they would 

 like to see it in. It contained many valuable works, 

 some of them donations from the members and other 

 gentlemen interested in horticulture, and others pur- 

 chased from the funds of the Society; yet, looking 

 back to the period of the organization of the Society, 

 upwards of fourteen years, a much larger collection of 

 books should have been gathered. In the Catalogue 

 of the library, published January, 1842, less than 150 

 distinct works were named, and the whole number of 

 volumes did not exceed 300. Until the appropriation 

 asked for by the committee for the previous year, 

 amounting to $150, very little had been paid for books 

 since 1836. The committee viewed the library as one 

 of the objects of the Society which should always receive 



