TRANSACTIONS 



^Hssiiichttsidts poilicultual ^mtiv. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 7, 1894. 

 A duly notified Stated Meeting of the Society was holdeu at 

 eleven o'clock, the President, Nathaniel T. Kidder in the chair. 



A photograph, taken by Augustine H. Folsom, about 1870, of 

 the first Bartlett pear tree imported into this country, which now 

 stands on what was formerly the estate of Enoch Bartlett, one of 

 the first board of Vice Presidents of this Society, on Dudley 

 Street, near Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, — and is now owned by 

 the "•Little wSisters of the Poor," — was presented to the Society by 

 Edmund Hersey, in behalf of Mr. Folsom. The thanks of the 

 Society were voted to Mr. Folsom therefor. 



Mr. Hersey, as Chairman of the Committee on Large, Old, or 

 Interesting Trees, stated that the Committee were preparing 

 photographs of such trees, to be bound in a book, or books, with 

 descriptions ; the whole so arranged that reference could be 

 readily made to any one. The Committee felt that though the 

 Society might not at present be disposed to incur the expense of 

 publishing such a book, which would be considerable, it should 

 have the photographs and descriptions arranged in such form that 

 they could be readily used. The subject was further discussed by 

 O. B. Hadweu, Francis H. Appleton, Leverett M. Chase, and the 

 Chair. 



George E. Davenport said that about a year ago the duty 

 devolved upon him of preparing a memorial of Ebenezer H. Hitch- 

 ings, a valued member of the Society, well known for his love of 



