DONATIONS OF SEEDS AND PLANTS. 215 



foreign ports, in the introduction of new seeds and 

 plants, were secured by Gen. Dearborn, his wide ac- 

 quaintance with these officers enabling him to do this 

 greatly to the advantage of the Society. A package of 

 seeds of the Pinus (now Cedrus) Deodara was received 

 in March, 1832. But the most important donations of 

 this character appear to have been one received in Sep- 

 tember, 1834, from Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, curator of 

 the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, and a corresponding 

 member of the Society, comprising seeds of more than 

 a hundred species of East Indian plants, which were 

 placed in the hands of the Society's gardener at Mount 

 Auburn; and a donation in April, 1836, from Baron H. 

 Carol Von Ludwig of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, 

 also a corresponding member of the Society, including 

 seeds and bulbs of about three hundred species of Cape 

 plants. One of these bulbs, Antholyza praealta, was 

 presented in flower by R. T. Paine at an exhibition of 

 the Society on the 16th of July. Other donations have 

 already been mentioned in connection with the experi- 

 mental garden at Mount Auburn. 



On the 28th of April, 1829, the Fruit Committee re- 

 ported a list of prizes which they recommended to be 

 offered by the Society, amounting to $93. The reports 

 of the Committees on Vegetables and Flowers were not 

 ready until the 28th of June. The amount offered for 

 vegetables was $35, and for flowers $60. These premi- 

 um lists were immediately published in the New England 

 Farmer, and were also printed in the pamphlet issued 

 by the Society in August. 1 None of the prizes were 

 awarded in 1829 ; and in the spring of 1830 the lists 

 were again published in the New England Farmer, 



1 For these lists see Appendix G. 



