The Committee on Publication and Discussion take this oppor- 

 tunity to repeat what they have heretofore stated, that the Society 

 is not to be held responsible for the certainty of the statements or 

 the correctness of the opinions expressed in the papers and dis- 

 cussions now or before published, but undertakes only to present 

 these papers and discussions, or the substance of them, correctly. 

 The award of a prize for an Essay is not to be understood as 

 implying that the Committee approve it in every particular, but 

 only that they believe it calculated, on the whole, to promote the 

 science or art of Horticulture. 



William C. Strong, Chairman. 



