l^^.S MAftSACHL'SKTTS IIOII TICUL TUUAL SOCIK'IY. 



Fourth (^'nintnittvv on tin' I.ihrurtj. 



To liave cliarfie of »11 books, drawiiij^s aiul engravings, and to rti-oniincnd from 

 time to time such as it may he deemed ('xpedient to procure; tosuperinteml tlie 

 publication of such comniiiiiications and i)aiier.s as may be directed by the Council : 

 to n-commend premiums for drawin-^s of fruits and Howers, and plans of country 

 houses, aud other edifices and strn<'turcs connected with horticulture; ami for com- 

 munications on any subject in relation thereto. 



JIkNRY a. S. DliAHBOUN, 



John C. Gray, 

 .Jacob Bigelow, 



CirAS. TiA WHENCE, 



T. W. Haukis. 

 V'H'id, That -A Committm; of three b ; app:>luted to nominate I'rofessors for tlw 

 Society. That 



H. A. S. Deakbokn, 

 Zebedee Cook, Jr., 



ElIAS PlUNNEY, 



compose this Committee 



'Hie above Committee having retired, came in and reported : 

 For Profes.sor of Botany, l>r. Jacob Bigelow. 

 For Profes.sor of Horticultural (Jhemistry, Dr. J. W. Webster. 

 For Professor of JOtitomology, Dr. T. W. Harris. 

 Which riiport was accepte<l unanimously. 

 Adjourned to April 2Kth. 



Voted, To re-organize the Council. 

 The Council having been re-organizi^d, it was 



Voted, That the Standing Committees be requested to report at tlie meetings on 

 Tuesday, '2Sth April, subjects for premiums. 

 Adjourned to A]iril 2.Sth. 



At a special meeting of the Board of Counsellors held on Thursday, 17th Sej>t., 

 the followiuf,' list of oflicers, for the year ensuing, was unanimously agreed ujion 

 and re(M)uimended, viz. : 



IIenky a. S. Deakbokn, l^resident. 



Zkbedee C'ooK, Jr., 1 



John C. Gkay, v Vice-Presid.-nts, 



Enoch Baktlett, ) 



Cheevek Mkwhall, Treasurer. 



.Jacob Bioelow, M.D., Corresponding Seer <'tary. 



BoBERT L. Emmons, Recording Secretary. 



COUNSELLORS. 



Auoi'STrs AsiMNWAbi., Thomas Brewer, 



Henry A. Breed, Benj. W. ('KowNiN.sHir.hu, 



J <i. Co<i»WEM., Nathaniel Davem-ort, 



E. Hersey Derby, Samuel Downer, 



f)LivER FisKE. B V. French, 



J. M. fJouR(JA.ss, T. W Harris, M. D., 



Sami'ei, Jaques, .Jr., Johei-h (J. Joy, 



William Kknrick, William Lincoln, 



John J^emist, Elia»« Phinney, 



jAMEti Heed, Benjamin IIodman, 



