434 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



President. — Marshall P. Wilder. 



Vice Presidents.— B. V. French, Jona. Winship, Cheever New- 

 hall, E. M. Richards. 



Treasurer. — Samuel Walker. 



Corresponding Secretary. — J. E. Tesohemacher, 



according Secretary. — Ebenezer V/ight. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology. — John Lewis 

 Russell, A. M. 



Professor of Entomology. — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry. — S. L. Dana, M. D. 



Standing Committees. 



Committee on Fruits. — B. V. French, Chairman; P. B. Hovey, 

 Jr., O. Johnson, S. Pond, J. Lovett, 2d, L. P. Grosvenor, J. Breck, 

 Jona. Winship, D. Ha^i^gerston, J. L. L. F. Warren, J. F. Allen. 



Committee on Floivers. — Samuel Walker, Chairman; H. W. Dut- 

 ton, S. Sweetser, S. R. Johnson, J. Stickney, W. E. Carter, P. 

 Barnes. 



Committee on Vegetables. — J. A. Kenrick, Chairman; W. B. 

 Kingsbury, John Hovey, A. D. Williams, J. C. Howard, A. Bow- 

 ditch, John Hill. 



Committee on the Library. — C M. Hovey, Chairman-; R. T. 

 Paine, C K. Dillaway, J. E. Teschemacher, E. Wight, R. M. 

 Copeland. 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruits. — R. Manning, Chairman; S. 

 Downer, W. Kenrick, J. Prince. 



Executive Committee. — M. P. Wilder, Chairman; Enoch Bart- 

 lett, A. Aspinwali, F. W. Macondry, J. J. Low. 



Finance Committee. — E. Vose, Chairman; Cheever Newhall, E. 

 M. Richards. 



It was voted, that the sum of fifty dollars be presented to R. Man- 

 ning, Esq., for his valuable and successful efforts in pomology, and 

 for the varied and beautiful collection of fruits which he contributed 

 at the annual exhibition. 



The thanks of the Society were presented to Mr. C. Downing, of 

 Newburgh, N. Y., for the donation of a copy of the Treatise on 

 Landscape Gardening and Cottage Residences, by A. J. Downing. 



Mr. C. W. Hartwell, of Andover, and Rev. F. Parkman, of Bos- 

 ton, were admitted subscription members. 



Adjourned four weeks, to October 29th. 



DAHLIA EXHIBITION. 



A Subscription Dahlia Show took place to-day. The weather 

 having been very favorable, several amateur cultivators were desir- 

 ous of making another exhibition of this beautiful flower, as the last 

 occurred at a time when the weather had been unpropitious, and the 

 flowers less i)erfect than might be expected from the fine weather 

 since that show took place. A subscription list was drawn up, con- 

 taining the following schedule of prizes — the entrance fees being the 

 amount to be distributed in premiums. 



