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Voted, That a special iin'ctino; of the Society be held <m the first Tuesday of 

 Axiril, at 12 o'clock, for the admission of members. 



Voted, Thata Committee be ajiiiointed to procure aroom for the use of the mem- 

 bers of the Council, ant! of the Society. That, 



John C. Gkay, 

 Zebedee Cook, Jr., 



Sam'L DoWNlCK, 



(.■(>ni]iose this Committee. 



Adjourned to the first Tuesdaj- in Aijril. 



At a meetinj^ of the Board of Counsellors of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, held on Tuesday, the 7th of April, by adjournment at the office of Zebe- 

 dee Cook, Jr., it was Vuttd, That, 



Ohakles Lawrence, Esq., of Salem, 

 Benjamin Ro!>.man, Esq., of N. Bedford, 

 be ndded to the Coun<'il 



The following gentlemen were cho.sen as standing Committees of the Society for 

 the following purposes: 



First. Committee on Xid-scrics, Fruit Treef^ and Fruits. 



Elias Piiinnev, 

 Samuel Downek, 

 Oliver Fisk, 

 Robert Manning, 

 Charles Senor, 

 To have charge of whatever relates to the multiplication of Fruit Trees and 

 Vines, by Seed, Scions, Buds, Ijayers, Suckers, or other modes; the introduction 

 of new varieties; the various methods of pruning and training them, and what- 

 ever relates to their culture, and that of all other fruits; the recommendation of 

 objects for premiums, and the awarding of them. 

 Second. Committee on the Cultivation and Products of the Kitchen Garden. 

 To have charge of whatever relates to the location and arrangement of Kitchen 

 fJartleus; the cultivation of all Plants appertaining thereto; the introduction of new 

 varieties of esculent, medicinal, and all such vegetables as are useful in the arts, 

 or are subservient to other branches of national industry; the structure and man- 

 agement of hot-beds; the recommeudationof objects for premiums, and the award- 

 ing of them. 



Jacob Tidd, 

 Joseph Curtis, 

 Aaron D. Williams, 

 Samuel Ward, 

 John B. Hussell. 

 Third. Cotnmittee on Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Flowers and Greenhouses. 

 To have charge of whatever relates to the culture, multiplication and preserva- 

 tion of ornamental Trec^s and Shrubs, and Flowers of all kinds; the constrnction 

 and management of Greenhouses, the recommendation of objects for premiums, 

 and the awarding of them. 



Thomas Nuttall, 

 Robert L. Emmons, 

 William Carter, 

 Jonathan Winship, 

 Joseph G. Joy. 



