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piece of plate of the value of S50, and of such form and design as he 

 may elect. 



Respectfully submitted, 



JOSEPH BRECK, Chairman. 

 [Accepted.] 



The Committee on Fruits, in accordance with a vote of the Society, re- 

 ferring to them the expediency of awarding a Special Premium to the 

 Messrs. Hovey, of Boston, for their superior strawberry, well known as 

 " Hovey's Seedli7ig," beg leave to report, that they have attended to the 

 duty assigned to them, and, after due deliberation, 



Voted unanimoiishj, to recommend to the Society, that a Silver Pitcher, 

 •with a suitable inscription, of the value oi fifty dollars, be awarded to 

 Messrs. Hovey, as a Special Premium, for their seedling strawberry, called 

 "Hovei/s Seedling.^' 



Here it would be the duty of your Committee to close their report, but 

 in the present instance, they feel they may be pardoned, if not justified, in 

 further stating, that after a trial of twelve years, they know of no straw- 

 berry of superior merit, and when it is cultivated near other varieties, it 

 will prove one of the best where all are good. 



For the Committee, 



SAMUEL WALKER, Chairma7i. 

 [Accepted.] 



Meeting of the Society, February 28th, 184G. 



At a meeting of the Society, held on Saturday, February 28th, the fol- 

 lowing Report from the Flower Committee was read : — 



"The Committee on Flowers held a meeting February 14th, 1846, — the 

 subject of the new class of roses, produced by Samuel Feast, Esq., of Bal- 

 timore, was discussed. 



The Committee were unanimous in the opinion, that some token of 

 grateful remembrance, is due to Mr. Feast, from the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, for the valuable varieties of roses he has produced by cross 

 impregnation, particularly the Queen of the Prairies, that has given so 

 general satisfaction to florists and others, and for which they feel under 

 great obligations to this enterprising cultivator. 



Mr. Feast has given the type of a new class of roses, in his new variety 

 Rosse rubifolia var. Queen of the Prairies. It is of the most hardy cha- 

 racter ; enduring the most severe New England winter, without injury, 



