ANNUAL EXHIBITION, 1834. 233 



The annual exhibition this year formed an epoch in 

 the history of the Society ; for it was the first one on the 

 plan which has every year since been continued. On 

 the 4th of January it was 



" Resolved that a committee be appointed to take into considera- 

 tion the expediency of one or more public exhibitions of fruits and 

 flowers, as tending to excite a taste for horticulture, extending its 

 influence, and as a means of revenue, and that such committee be 

 instructed to communicate with those who may have conducted 

 similar exhibitions in the cities of New York and Philadelphia, 

 with a view of ascertaining the details and results, and to report 

 the same at a subsequent meeting of the Society." 



On the 7th of June another committee was appointed 

 to consider the subject, and was authorized to proceed, 

 if the exhibition should appear practicable. It was 

 resolved, that, in case the receipts should not be suffi- 

 cient to defray the expenses, the deficiency should be 

 paid out of the funds of the Society. Zebedee Cook, 

 jun., was chairman of the committee; George W. Pratt, 

 who was originally appointed, having declined. The 

 committee was ultimately increased to thirty-five mem- 

 bers, and was divided into sub-committees : one to pro- 

 cure a hall; others to solicit the loan of plants and 

 flowers, and to ascertain the kinds, and procure a list 

 of such as it might be desirable to obtain ; for Boston ; 

 for Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem ; for Cambridge, 

 Brighton, Watertown, etc.; for Roxbury, Dorchester, 

 and vicinity ; another to attend to the financial depart- 

 ment, procure tickets, etc. ; and another to conduct the 

 necessary arrangements for the transportation of plants 

 to and from the place of exhibition. Committees were 

 afterwards appointed to attend to the arrangement and 

 decoration of the hall; to receive, arrange, and label 



