72 TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of the Society, January i, 1845. 



The President laid on the table the copy of an Act in addition to an Act, 

 passed February 2, 1844, by which the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 is authorized to purchase and hold real estate to the amount of fifty thou- 

 sand dollars. Accepted, and ordered that the copy be placed with other 

 valuable papers belonging to the Society. The following is a copy of 

 the Act :— 



AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MASSACHU- 

 SETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepresentatives, in General Court 

 assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ; 



Sect. 1. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society are hereby authorized 

 to purchase and hold real estate to the amount of fifty thousand dollars. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take elTect from and after its passage. [Ap- 

 proved by the Governor, Feb. 5, 1844.] 



REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES AWARDING PREMIUMS 

 FOR 1841. 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



At a meeting of the Fruit Committee, held on Saturday, January 18th, 

 1845, they awarded the following premiums for the year 1844, viz : — 



At the Annual Exhibition in Septembek. 

 Apples. — For the greatest number of kinds and the best grown, to 



B. V. French, a premium of . . . . . $0 00 



For the second best greatest number of kinds and the best grown, 



to Elijah Vose, a premium of . . . . . 4 00 



Fears. — For the greatest number of kinds and the best grown, to 



M. P. Wilder, a premium of . . . . . 6 00 



For the second best greatest number of kinds and the best grown, 

 to J. S. Cabot, a premium of . . . . . 4 00 



Gropes. — For the greatest number of kinds and the best grown, to 



J. F. Alien, a premium of . . . . . 7 00 



For the second best greatest number of kinds and the best grown, 

 to Jno. Arnold, a premium of if 5 GO, and a gratuity of f 2 00, 7 00 

 Assorted Fruits. — For the best basket of fruit of various kinds, to 



David Haggerston, a premium of . . . . 7 00 



