JUNE. 285 



NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL. 



The following are the officers of this society for the year 185G: — 



President — John Groshon. 



Vice Presidents — Abraham A. Leggett, Archibald Russell, Caleb F- 

 Lindsley, H. M. Schieffelin, Theodore Banks. 



Treasurer — Dr. James Knight. 



Recording Secretary — Peter B. Mead. 



Corresponding Secretary — F. W. Tomkins. 



Librarian — James Cheetham. 



Library Committee — Peter B. Mead, Andrew Reid. 



Finance Committee — Caleb F. Lindsley, F. W. Tomkins, Francis Speir. 



Premium Committee — Charles More, Isaac Buchanan. 



Fruit Committee — Peter B. Mead, William S. Carpenter, John Suttle. 



Committee on Flowers and Plants — Thomas Hogg, Thomas Netterville> 

 John S. Burgess. 



Committee on Vegetables — William Cranstoun, Alfred Bridgeman, Peter 

 Henderson. 



Committee on Seeds — John Groshon, Caleb F. Lindsley, Dr. Jas. Knight. 



CINCINNATI HORTICULTURAL. 



We copy the following official report of the doings of this Society from 

 the Cincinnati papers : — 



The society met at the Hall, on Fourth Street, March 22, the president, 

 F. G. Cary, in the chair; G. Graham, secretary. The minutes of the last 

 meeting were read and approved. 



The reports on the strawberry having been made the special order for 

 this day, the subject, on motion, was taken up, which was carried. 



Mr. Orange then moved that the whole subject be laid on the table. 



At the request of Mr. Hatch, the motion made by Mr. Orange was with- 

 drawn, when Mr. Hatch offered the following resolution : — 



" Resolved, That the opinion heretofore entertained by this society, as to 

 the excellence of the strawberry known as McAvoy's Superior, remains un- 

 changed, it having been fully tested as a garden fruit, and in this vicinity 

 proved to be delicious and hardy. As a fruit for general field culture and 

 for market, the high price of plants has heretofore prevented its being 

 tested." 



The following amendment was then offered by Mr. Greene : — 



" Hovey's Seedling, for field culture and market purposes, holding its 

 position as superior to all others tested." 



Mr. Greene opposed Mr. Hatch's resolution, and advocated his amend- 

 ment, intimating that Mr. Hatch was too much of an old fogy and not in 

 favor of progress. Mr. Greene stated, also, that he had not been able to 

 obtain the true plants called McAvoy's Superior and Longworth's Prolific ; 

 therefore he preferred Hovey. 



Mr. Cary replied to Mr. Greene, in favor of the report of the majority of 

 the committee, and also in favor of McAvoy's Superior and Longworth's 



