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The letter from Mr Brookhouse, laid over from the last meeting, was 

 taken up, read and passed over to the committee whose duty it was to at- 

 tend to the subject ; and it was voted that the sum of $ 250 be paid over to 

 the Trustees under the restrictions of the report. 



The committee to whom was referred the subject of having an oration 

 delivered at the opening of the new hall, reported that it was expedient to 

 have an address, and the same committee were authorized to procure an 

 orator. 



Adjourned one week to December 14th. 



Exhibited. — Fruit : From the President of the Society, Columbia Vir- 

 goulouse, Beurr6 d'Aremberg, Glout Morceau and Beurre Ranee pears : all 

 fine specimens, particularly the Columbia ; the Beurre d'Aremberg, as well 

 as other winter varieties, have ripened nearly a month sooner this year than 

 the last. The Beurr6 Ranee was juicy and high flavored, but could not be 

 considered a good specimen. From S. Walker, Easter Beurr6, Passe Col- 

 man, Glout Morceau, Easter Bergamot and Beurr6 Remain (?) pears; also 

 Baldwin, Nonsuch and Greening apples. From S. J. Gustin, Morristown, 

 N. J., a fine large red apple without name. From Mr. Lord, Seek-no- 

 Further apples. Pears (1) from George Walsh. 



December \Ath, — An adjourned meeting of the society was held to-day — 

 the President in the chair. The committee appointed at the meeting of the 

 28th September to take into consideration and report at a future meeting in 

 relation to one of the Society's members having exhibited fruit other than 

 his own growing, at the late annual exhibition, made the following report: 



" That, at the Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, in September last, Mr James L. L. F. Warren, placed upon the tables 

 of the Society, a number of specimens of fruit with his own name attached, 

 thereby giving the impression that they were all of his own growing. Some 

 of the committee of arrangements discovered, that several specimens or 

 baskets of fruit were the growth of others ; the fact was made known to 

 the Chairman of said Committee, who immediately requested Mr Warren 

 to take from the tables all that were not grown by him, even should he take 

 away the whole of his collection. Mr Warren then acknowledged there 

 were four kinds exhibited by him, which he had purchased, and asked lib- 

 erty for them to remain on the tables until evening, when he would remove 

 them; leave was granted ; and these four were accordingly removed. 



It was afterwards discovered, that other kinds or specimens exhibited by 

 him, as his own, but in fact grown by others, remained on the tables ; this 

 fact was substantiated by evidence taken before the Committee. When 

 Mr. Warren appeared before your Committee, he was asked by them wheth- 

 er any other fruits, than the specimens before stated, were not of his own 

 growth or produce 1 He answered, that he did not know. 



Your Committee gave notice to Mr Warren of their appointment — he ap- 

 peared before them — and they also received a letter from him, which is 

 hereto annexed for the information of the Society. All of which is re- 

 spectfully submitted. By order of the Committee, S. Walker, Chair- 



