156 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The report was accepted, and Messrs. Breck, Haggerston, and Barnes, 

 were appointed a committee to procure the several pieces of plate awarded 

 to the President, Messrs. Hovey, and S. Feast. 



J. A. Lowell, Esq., was elected an Honorary Member. 



Adjourned one week to March 7th. 



March 1th. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



The President, chairman of the Building committee, made their report of 

 the construction and completion of the new Hall : — 



Dr. 



Cost of the site of land for building, ... $ 18,000 00 



Building, (about,) . . . . . 16,000 00 



Gas fixtures, chandelier, &c., .... 654 50 

 Interest on loan, sundry bills, including all the fixtures of 



the Hall and library room, (less old materials sold,) . 3,028 23 



Total, ...... $37,682 73 



Cr. 



By sale of stocks, .....$ 17,569 60 



" mortgage, ...... 15,000 00 



^ " receipts from Mt. Aub. Cemetery for years 1844 — '45, 5,084 52 



Total, ...... $37,654 12 



The report was accepted. 



The thanks of '.he Society were voted to the committee, for the success- 

 ful manner in w'iich they had attended to the duties assigned them. 



N. Stetson, Bridgewater, and Samuel Batchelder, Cambridge, were 

 elected members. 



Adjourned one week, to March 14th. 



Eahibited. — Flowers : From Hovey & Co., a variety of new roses, viz., 

 Noisette Chromatella, and Philomele ; Hybrid Perpetual, Yolande d'Arra- 

 gon and Duke de Chalres ; also Azalea Copen, dark cherry, ledifolia and 

 phoenicea. From J. Hovey, La Reine rose. From O. N. Towne, a fine 

 bloom of Lamarque rose. 



Vegetables : From O. N. Towne, a brace of cucumbers. 



March 14tA. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day. — 

 the President in the chair. 



The discussion of the new code of by-laws took place, and not being 

 completed, an adjournment was made one week, to March 21. 



Exhibited. — Flowers: From Messrs. Hovey & Co., specimens of the 

 following roses : — Bourbon Souchet, (superb) Madame Souchet,Dumont du 

 Courset, Crimson Madame Desprez, Hermosa, and Bouquet of Flora ; Hy- 

 brid perpetual. La Reine, Pr'ncesse Helene, Mrs. Cripps ; Hybrid Moss, 

 Princesse Adelaide, very beautiful, with many others. 



March 2\st. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — 

 the President in the chair. 



The discussion of the By-laws was continued to-day, and finally brought 



