REPORT 



OF THE 



TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY, 



FOB 



THE YEAR 1837 — 8, 



WITH 



PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. 



BY JOHN LEWIS RUSSELL, 



PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY TO THE SOCIETY. 



BOSTON: 



TUTTLE, DENNETT & CHISHOLM, PRINTERS, 



]S39. 



