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appointed to prepare a Constitution and By-Laws, and 

 report at a future meeting. On the 17th of March this 

 took place ; the Constitution and By-Laws were read, and 

 unanimously adopted as the Constitution and By-Ijaws of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Gen. Dearborn, 

 most fortunately, was elected President. In one month 

 one hundred and sixty gentlemen had joined the Associa- 

 tion. The meeting, it is stated in the New England 

 Farmer, was held in their " Hall " in North Market 

 Street, which was a small room, twenty feet square, in 

 the third story of the Agricultural Warehouse of John 

 B. Russell, a gentleman whose enthusiasm in the cause 

 was unabated, and whose labors in the organization of the 

 Society contributed in an eminent degree to its success. 

 On the 18th of June an exhibition took place, and as it 

 may not be uninteresting to many of you to know of what 

 the first exhibition was composed, I copy from the published 

 report : — 



" From the garden of Gen. Dearborn, several ears of 

 sweet corn, a new variety from Portland. From G. \V. 

 Pratt, Watertown, several dahlias, among which the Coc- 

 cinea superba, helianthia flora, and the Royal Sovereign 

 (purple) were considered superior to any seen in the vicinity 

 of Boston; one of the flowers measured 5^ inches in di- 

 ameter. From Z. Cook, Jr., several specimens of Althaea 

 nigra and flava, very elegant. From Mr. Rufus Howe, 

 several varieties of marigolds, dahlias and lilies. From N. 

 Davenport, Milton, specimens of early vegetables." 



