APPENDIX. 139 



John B. Russell, Charles Sknior, 



William H. Sumner, Charles Tappan, 



Jacob Tidd, M. A. Ward, M. D., 



Jonathan Winship, William Worthington, 



Samuel Ward, Aaron D. Williams, 



Elijah Vose. 

 Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Malthus A. Ward, M. D, 

 Entomology, T. W. Harris, M. D. 

 " Horticultural Chemistry, J. W. Webster, M. D. 



Standing Committees of the Council. 

 On Fruit Trees, Fruit, &c.: 



Elias Phinney, Chairuum, 



Samuel Downer, 



Oliver Fiske, 



EoRERT Manning, 



Charles Senior 

 On the Culture and Products of the Kitchen Gar-den : 



Jacob Tidd, Chairman, 



Samuel Ward, 



Aaron D. Williams, 



John B. Russell. 

 On Ornamental Trees. IShrahs, Flowers and Greenhoitscs : 



Robert L. Emmons, Chairman, 



Jonathan Winship, 



Joseph G. Joy, 



William Carter. 



On the Library : 



On the Synonymes of Fruits : 



H. A. S. Dearborn, Chairman, 



John C. Gray, 



Jacob Bigelow, 



T. W Harris, 



E. Hersey Derby. 



John Lowell, Chairman, 

 Samuel G. Perkins, 

 Samuel Downer. 



At a special meeting of the Board of Counsellors of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society held on Saturday, 26th Sept., 1829, at Horticultural Hall, it was 

 voted to choose a Committee (Standing) to procure accurate drawings of our na- 

 tive fruits. That 



H. A. S. Dearborn, 



Zrbedee Cook, Jr., 

 Samuel Downer, 

 compose this Committee. • 



Voted, That a pjTamidical set of shelves be procured and placed in the Hall of 

 the Society for the better exhibition of flowers, &c. ; and that 



John Prince, 



Samuel Downer, 

 be a Committee for that purpose. Adjourned. 



