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Art. 111. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, July 4:th, 1846. — The quarterly stated meeting of the Society 

 was held to-day, — the President in the chair. 



Voted, That the provisions of the Constitution which conflict with the 

 code of By-Laws, adopted at the stated meeting in April, be, and hereby 

 are, repealed. 



Adjourned one week, to July 11th. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From Jos. Breck & Co., a variety of herbaceous 

 plants, double anemonies, &c. From W. Quant, six plants in pots, includ- 

 ing Achimenes and Vinca alba. From D. Crowley, two plants of Veronica 

 speciosa. Bouquets and cut flowers, from P. Barnes, W. Meller, and W. 



B. Richards. 



Fruit: From W. Quant, two very superior green-fleshed Persian melons, 

 exceedingly rich and delicious. From Josiah Richardson, Hovey's Seed- 

 ling strawberries. From O. Johnson, four boxes of extra fine. Black Tar- 

 tarian cherries. From F. Tudor, Nahant, a large basket of Hovey's Seed- 

 ling strawberries. From C. Newhall, a large basket of very fine Knevet's 

 Giant raspberries. From Messrs. Winship, Fastolft' raspberries. From I. 

 Fay, two baskets of his strawberry, which, the committee state, "were 

 large, but lacked in flavor." From George Walsh, New large black Bi- 

 garreau cherries. From W. Jenney, two boxes and a large dish of Jen- 

 ney's Seedling strawberry, which the committee pronounce " extremely 

 rich." In a former report they considered them very inferior, but the spec- 

 imens came to hand in poor order, having been gathered when the fruit was wet. 



July nth. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



Several copies of a treatise on the Grape and Strawberry, by Mr. Long- 

 worth, were presented by Mr. Ernst, and the thanks of the Society were 

 voted for the same. 



The following members wars admitted : — 



Thomas Groom, Franklin King, and D. S. Greenough, Dorchester; S. 

 H. Cleaveland, Freeman Fisher, Lewis Bullard, J. W. Mandell, H. S. 

 Waldo, Dorrance Davis, John Fassell, and William Seaver, Roxbury ; 

 Lewis Davenport, Henry Liversedge, and Thomas Liversedge, Milton ; D. 



C. Baker, Lynn ; B. G. Loring, Kimball Gibson, Harvey D. Parker, Hen- 

 ry Robins, Theodore N. Hall, J. M. Blaney, Cyrus W. Jones, B. C. 

 White, S. A. Elliott, and George H. Gray, Boston. 



J. A. Wight, Chicago, 111., and Louis Van Houtte, Ghent, Belgium, 

 were elected corresponding members. 



Adjourned four weeks, to August 1st. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From Messrs. Hovey & Co., six plants of Gloxin- 

 ias, viz. : — rilbra, macrophylla variegata, two seedlings, and the rare Car- 

 tint and tubiflora ; also, Aquil^gia Skinneri, Potentilla Murrayana and Bar- 

 ratu, and other flowers. From Messrs. Winship, a fine cluster of Perpetu- 

 al pink rose, having twenty-six full blown flowers ; also, Yucca filamentosa, 

 and other flowers. From W. Meller, a fine display of seedling Picotees, 



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