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The Chairmau of the Committee on Publication and Discussion 

 gave notice that the first of the series of meetings for discussion 

 the present season, would be on Saturday next, the 14th instant, 

 when Rev. A. B. Muzzey would present " Notes and Memories of 

 our Early Horticulture." 



Charles S. Smith, of Lincoln, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee was on 

 ballot duly elected a member of the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 14. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, January 14, 1888. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



The President announced the Committee on Window Gardening, 

 provided for at the last meeting, as follows : Mrs. H. L. T. 

 Wolcott, Mr. M. B. Faxon, Mr. Robert T. Jackson, Mr. E. H. 

 Hitchings, Mr. Leverett M. Chase, Miss S. W. Story, Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill. 



Adjourned to Saturdaj-, January 21. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Notes and Memories of our Early Horticulture. 



By Rev. A. B. Muzzey, Cambridge. 



There are some subjects on which it is safe for all persons to 

 speak ; others there are which are contraband except to men of 

 genius. These favored few need never fear ; they can touch 

 nothing they will not adorn. Where, now, stands this subject of 

 Horticulture? It is a theme so fertile that one ma}'- approach it 

 with courage and confidence. But to do it full justice requires 

 ample knowledge, large personal experience, a cultivated taste, 

 keen discrimination, power of thought, power of language, and 



