DONATIONS OF MR. APPLETON AND MR. SMITH. 197 



The committee reported with unfeigned gratification, 

 that the number of books which had been taken out by 

 the members was greater than in any preceding year, 

 and that the interest in this important department of 

 the Society was steadily increasing. In order to keep 

 alive this feeling, they proposed that $100 be appropri- 

 ated for the increase of the library. 



It was during this year that Hon. Samuel Appleton's 

 donation of $200 for the increase of the library was 

 made, as already mentioned in the chapter on the 

 finances of the Society. The copy of the Bible pur- 

 chased agreeably to the terms of the gift was a Glas- 

 gow edition, but imported in sheets, and bound in 

 Boston, and is a superb book in its typography, plates, 

 and binding. The whole of this donation, with an 

 equal sum from the funds of the Society, was placed 

 at the disposal of the Library Committee for 1849 ; but 

 we have no information as to the books purchased, 

 except the Bible above mentioned; the reports made 

 January 6, 1849, and January 5, 1850, not having 

 been preserved. 



The report of the committee made on the 4th of 

 January, 1851, represents the library as in a flourishing 

 condition, and contributing much to the diffusion of 

 information on horticultural science. A larger number 

 of books had been taken out than in any previous year. 

 The more important works added were London's Hor- 

 tus Britannicus, Wilson's Rural Cyclopaedia, the Farm- 

 ers' Library, and Paul's Rose Garden. 



Two weeks later a donation from George W. Smith, 

 of $150 for the increase of the library, was announced, 

 and was placed at the disposal of the Library Com- 

 mittee. On the 31st of December, 1852, the commit- 



