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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



SEPT. 30, isar. 



BIASSACHUSETTB liORTICULTURAIi SOCIETY. 



A stated mectiii;; of tlie Society washcUI attheii- 

 hall on Saturday, 19th inst. The President, Hon. 

 E. Vose ill the chair. The first hiisiness of the 

 ixieetinsr was tlie clioioe of officers for the ensuing 

 year. On motion, tlie provision of tlie bye-laws 

 which requires the officers to he voted for on two 

 ticketS-was dispensed with. Mr French and Mr 

 Richards were appointed a coininittce to sort and 

 count the votes, when they reported the following 

 gentlemen as chosen to fill the offices of the Soci- 

 ety for the year : — 



President: Hon. E. Vose. 

 Vice-Presidents : 

 E. Bartlet?, 

 J. VVinship, 

 S. A. Shuitleff, 

 Pickering Dodge, Salem. 

 Treasurer : 

 Vt'in. VV^orthingtou, Dorchester. 

 Corresponding Secretary : 

 R. T. Paine. 

 Recording Secretary : 

 E. Weston, Jr. 

 Counsellors : 

 Theodore Lyman, Jr. 

 Augustus Aspinwall, Brookline, 

 Thomas Brewer, Roxhury, 

 Henry A. Breed, Lynn, 

 M. P. Sawyer, 



Nathaniel Davenport, Milton, 

 E. Hersy Derby, Salem, 

 Thomas Whitmarsh, Brookline, 

 J. M. Gourgas, Weston, 

 William Pratt, Jr. 

 Samuel Jacciues, Jr., Charlestown, 

 Joseph G. Joy, 

 William Keurick, Newton, 

 John Lemist, Roxhury, 

 Benjamin Rodman, New Bedford, 

 T. G. Fessonden, 

 Charles Tappan, 

 Jacob Tidd, Roxhury, 

 Jonathan Winship, Brighton, 

 Aaron D. Wiliains. Roxhury, 

 J. W. Webster, Cambridge, 

 George W. Brimmer, 

 David Haggerston, Watei-town, 

 Charles Lawrence, Salem. 

 Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology : 

 John L. Russell. 

 Professor of Entotiio!ogv : 

 T. W. Harris, M. D. " 

 Professor of Horticultural Chemistrv : 

 J. W. Webster, M. D. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Committee on Fruits : 

 E. Vose, S. A. Shurtlcfi; 



R. Manning, S. Downer, 



William Kenrick, S. Pond, 



B. V. French,' P. B. Hovey, 



E. M. Richards, L. P. Grosvcuor. 



Committee on Products of Kitchen Garden : 

 George C. Barrett, Aaron D. AVillianiK, 



Daniel Chandler, Leonard Stone, 



.Jacob Tidd, N. Duvenjiort. , 



Committee on Flowers, Slirnbs, &c. 

 J. E. Tescheraacher, Samuel Walker, 



C. M. Hovey, D. Haggerston, 

 .T. Wiaship, J. A. Kenrick. 



Committee on the Library : 

 E. Vos', J. E. Teschemacher, 



Jacob Bigelow, E. Weston, Jr. 



T. W. Harris, C. M. Hovey, Librarian. 



R. T. Paine, 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruit : 

 John Lowell, William Kenrick, 



Robert Manning, S. Downer. 



E.xecntive Committee: 

 E. Vose, B. V. French, 



C. Newhall, Pickering Dodge. 



L. P. Grosvenor, 



Committee of Finance : 

 E. Vose, C. Newhall. 



B. V. French, 



Mr Oliver presented a series of propositions, 

 with regard to presenting gratuities to certain in- 

 dividuals. !t was his wish that the same should 

 lie over for consideration to the next week. 



On motion of Mr Richards, the propositions 

 were so far amended, that the blanks in the same 

 were filled with the words, fifty dollars, and the 

 whole subject was deferred for considei'ation this 

 day four weeks. 



Mr French moved the following vote : " Voted, 

 that the ' Welles premium ' of one hundred dollars 

 — being the amount of a donation from the Hon. 

 John Welles to the Society in the year 18'29, for 

 improvement in the cultivation of Apj)les — to- 

 gether with the interest which shall have accumu- 

 lated thereon be awarded in the year to the 



most successful cultivator of apple trees, who shall 

 have brought forward the same since the institu- 

 tion of this Society, having regard to the number 

 and condition of the trees and varieties of the fruit, 

 and the Treasurer is directed to appropriate from 

 the funds of the Society , to be kept specifi- 

 cally separate, the amount necessary to carry this 

 object into effect. 



The same was referred to the Finance Commit- 

 tee, who were charged to fill the blanks and report 

 at the next meetin 



The following votes then passed unanimously ;. Calodendrum capense, 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be pre 

 sented to Professor J. L. Russell for his eloquent 

 and interesting address delivered before them on 

 Thursday, the 17th inst. and that a cojiy be re- 

 spectfully requested for publication. 



Voted, That a committee of three be chosen to 

 superintend the publication of Mr Russell's ad- 

 dress. Also, 



Voted, That the Committee be directed to in 

 elude with the address the report of the late exhi 

 bition, and also a catalogue of the Society, together 

 with the Constitution and Bye-laws, as revised by 

 a committee to be hereafier charged with that duty 

 — if said Constitution and Bye-laws be accepted 

 by the Society. 



Mr Wortliington, Mr Walker, and Mr Weston, 

 were chosen a Committee to sujjerintend the publi- 

 cation, and the same gentleman were added to the 

 Executive Committee wPfo were directed to re- 

 vise the Constitution and Bye-lnws, and report at 

 the next meeting. 



The chairman of Committee of AiTangements 

 obtained leave to report at length on the late cele- 

 bration at the next meeting. 



Mr French gave notice that a few fruits were 

 sold after the late Exhibition, for the benefit of 

 those who sent them, the proceeds of which would 

 be applied, unless called for. 



'Ihe Committee on the Library made a report 



at length. They stated that measures had been 

 taken to ser-ure the regular reception of certain 

 valiuible publications from France. 



Mr Oliver made remarks concerning the report 

 and so much of the same as related to books hav- 

 ing been loaned and not returned was recommit- 

 ted, with instructions to recover the same, if pos- 

 sible, and report at some future meeting. 



William Boot, Esq., of Boston, was admitted a 

 member, also Dennis Murphy, of Roxhury. 



A package of seeds was presented from Mr 

 Breed, of Lynn, the same having been sent by a 

 distinguished gentleman of Ca'pe town : the seeds 

 were juit in the hands of Mr Walker to prepare a 

 catalogue of the same. 



Baron Henreich Carol von Ludwig of Cap* 

 town, Cape of Good Hope, was unanimously cho- 

 sen an honorary member. 



A CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, 



Presented to the Mass. Horl. Soc. by Baron Von 

 Ludwig. 



Acacia lopantha, 



do stolonifera, 

 Athanasia punctata, 

 Aspalathus spinosa, 

 Banksia ericifolia, 

 do integiifolia, 

 do marginata, 

 do nutans, 

 Berckheya spinosissima. 

 Erica baccans, 

 do concinna, 

 do flexuosa, 

 do glutinosa. 

 Erythrina caffra, 



do humile, 



Chironia baccifera, 



do Jasminoides, 



do Lychnoides, 



Campanula capensis, 



do hispidula, 



Capparis cilrifolia, 



Lancisia pectenata, 



Gnidia pinifolia, 



Lessertia excisa .' 



Leucadeudronascendcns, Zamia Lehmannu .' 



do decurrcns, Liparia sphserica 



One paper of seed without name. 



Malva calcina, 

 Mimetis cucullatn, 



do hirta, 

 Mondia spinosa, 

 Muzaltia heisteria, 

 Oenothera villosa, 

 Pelargonium trifidum. 

 Piper capense, 

 Podalyria biflora, 



do argentea, 

 Protea grand iflora ? var 

 do incompta .' 

 do melaleuca, 

 do patens, 

 do turbiniflora, ' 

 Psoralea acnleata, 

 do aphylla, 

 do capitata, 

 do hirt.i, [raura, 

 Rhizogum Trichoto- 

 Scabiosa rigida, 

 Schotia speciosa, 

 Serruria cyanoides, , 

 Selscea albeus, [tipes, 

 Testndinaria Elephan- 



A stated meeting of the Society was held bjr 

 adjournment at their Hall, on Saturday, 26th inst. 

 the President, Hon. E. Vose, in the chair. 



The committee ap|!ointedat a previous meeting 

 to revise the Constitution and bye-laws reported a 

 new draft of the same, which upon motion of Mr 

 Oliver were laid on the table, and a copy furnish- 

 ed for the examination of the members. 



Mr Teschemaclier, from the committee of de^ 

 corations at the late celebration presented a report, 

 (which will be inserted in our next.) 



By unanimous vote, the thanks of the Society 

 were presented to Mr Tescheraacher and to th« 

 committee of decorations for the late Exhibition, 

 for tho very tasteful, diligent and prompt manner 

 in which they have tendered their services. 



'1 he Hon. Judge Story wasadmitted a life mem- 

 ber of the Society. Benja. A. Gould and Oliver 

 S. Felt, Esqrs. were admitted as subscription 

 members. 



Mr Oliver made some remarks upon the propo- 

 sitions presented by him at a former meeting, and 



