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January 31, 1830, alludes to the New England Farmer 

 (having sent some numbers containing descriptions of 

 the fruits of which scions were transmitted at the same 

 time) as "a very useful publication, which, for the 

 present, is a substitute for a periodical journal of our 

 own institution." In March, 1859, appeared the Jour- 

 nal of the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, containing the names of the officers for 

 the year, the rules and regulations for the exhibitions, 

 and the proceedings from January 1 to March 5 ; but 

 only a single number was published. 



On the revision of the By Laws in 1866, the Standing 

 Committee on Publications was discontinued; but in 

 1871 an amendment was passed, resulting from the 

 recommendation of President Strong in his inaugural 

 address, providing for a Committee on Publication and 

 Discussion, who should not only superintend the publi- 

 cations of the Society, being empowered to engage such 

 assistance as might be requisite, but should have the 

 direction and control of discussions, lectures, and essays 

 on horticultural subjects. The discussions held under 

 this provision of the By Laws, beginning with 1874, 

 have been reported by the secretary, and printed as 

 Part I. of the Transactions of the Society for each year. 



Besides forming a library, the Society early undertook 

 to procure accurate paintings of the new native fruits ex- 

 hibited from time to time, and also, in September, 1829, 

 voted to make arrangements with Dr. T. W. Harris for 

 the permanent exhibition at the hall of insects injurious 

 to fruit trees. July 3, 1858, at the request of Dr. A. A. 

 Gould, an appropriation of one hundred dollars was 

 made towards the purchase, by the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, of the collection of insects left by Dr. 



