434 MassacJiiisctts HorticAdtural Society. 



October 1th. — The annual meeting of the Society for the choice of offi- 

 cers, was held to-day, — the President in the Chair. The nominating 

 committee laid tlieir report upon the table, which report, as usual, con- 

 sisted of a printed ticket, containing a list of the candidates selected by 

 tliem for the several offices. The meeting having been opened, ballotting 

 was commenced, and the polls remained open fifteen minutes, to allow mem- 

 bers to come in and vote. Messrs. E. M. Richards and B. V. French 

 were chosen a committee to sort and count the votes, and they reported 

 that the following officers of the Society were elected for the ensuing 

 year,— from April 1, 1841, to April 1, 1845. 



President, Marshall P. Wilder. 



Vice-Presidents. — B. V. French, Jona. Winship, Cheever Newliall, E. 

 M. Richards. 



Treasurer. — Samuel Walker. 



Corresponding Secretary. — J. E. Teschemacher. 



Recording Secretary. — Ebenezer Wight. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology. — John Lewis Russell, 

 A. M. 



Professor of Entomology. — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry. — S. L. Dana, M. D. 



Standing Committees. 



Committee on Fruits. — Samuel Walker, chairman ; P. B. Hovey, Jr., 

 O. Johnson, S. Pond, J. Lovitt, 2d., L. P. Grosvenor, Jona. Winship, D. 

 Haggerston, J. L. L. F. Warren, J. F. Allen, A, D. Williams. 



Committee on Flowers. — Joseph Breck, chairman ; II. W. Dutton, S, 

 Swcetser, S. R. Johnson, J. Stickney, W. E. Carter, P. Parnes. 



Committee on Vegetables. — J. A. Kenrick, chairman ; W. B. Kingsbury, 

 J. C. Howard, A. Bowditcb, John Hill, J. H. Billings, Samuel C. Mann. 



Committee on the Library. — C. M. Hovey, chairman ; C. K. Dillaway, 

 J. E. Teschemacher, E. Wight, R. M. Copeland, Francis G. Shaw. 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruit. — M. P. Wilder, chairman ; B. V. 

 French, S. Downer, W. Kenrick. 



Executive Committee. — M. P. Wilder, chairman ; Enoch Bartlett, A. 

 Aspinwall, F. W. Macondray, J. J. Low. 



Finance Committee. — E. Vose, chaiiunan ; Cheever Newliall, E. M. 

 Richards. 



The Hon. Mr. French and Mr. S. Walker, had previously declined 

 serving as chairman of the committees on whicli they were placed last 

 year. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Capt. John Percival, of the U. 

 S. Navy, for the donation of a bag of guano. It was also voted that the 

 guano be distributed among the members of the Society. 



Mr. Teschemacher was added to the list of delegates appointed to attend 

 the fair of the American Institute. 



Adjowrned one week, to Nov. 1. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President, a variety of good dahlias, 

 and among the number, Essex Triumph, Dodd's Mary, Primrose, Pick- 

 wick, Widnall's Queen, A^irgil, &c. From Jos. Stickney, upwards of 

 seventy-five fine dahlias, among which we noted six good specimens of 

 Widnall's Queen, several of Ne Plus Ultra, Pickwick, Optime, Essex 

 Triumph, Eclipse, Eva, and many others. From S. R. Johnson, a fine 



