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library in the possession of any English horticultural 

 society." The library is now one of the most impor- 

 tant means used by the Society for the promotion of 

 horticulture ; and the library room is at all times a 

 pleasant resort for the members, and an attraction to 

 strangers visiting the city, who are always welcome. 



It is proper to take some notice of the Publications 

 of the Society, and, as they were for many years under 

 the charge of the Library Committee, we shall find no 

 more appropriate place than this. 



The first publication of the Society was a pamphlet 

 of fifty-two pages, issued in August, 1829, containing 

 the Proceedings on the Establishment of the Society ; a 

 List of Officers and Standing Committees ; the Act of 

 Incorporation, Constitution, and By Laws ; a Schedule 

 of Premiums offered; and a List of Members. In 

 December of the same year the Address delivered by 

 President Dearborn at the First Anniversary, on the 1 7th 

 of September, was published, with an account of the 

 exhibition and festival. Three hundred copies were 

 printed ; and in September, 1833, the Society voted to 

 print a second edition. A similar pamphlet was issued 

 every year for nine years, those from 1831 to 1834 in- 

 clusive containing also reports and other documents 

 relating to the Garden and Cemetery at Mount Auburn. 

 The Address delivered by Judge Story on the Dedica- 

 tion of Mount Auburn was also published in 1831, 

 with an account of the establishment, and a list of sub- 

 scribers for lots, etc. ; and a catalogue of lots and pro- 

 prietors was printed in 1834. 



At the same time that these pamphlets were issuing 

 from the press, communications made to the Society on 

 various horticultural subjects were published in the 



