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Premiums, are to be the growth of the competitors, and to be raised within 

 the bounds of the Commonwealth. 



All articles exhibited for Premium must be placed in the Stands by 1 1 

 o'clock, A. M., and no production in the Fruit, Flower or Vegetable De- 

 partment will be admitted for Premium after that time. This Rule will 

 be strictly adhered to. 



No person allowed to be in the Room while the Committees are awarding 

 the Premiums. 



Adjourned two weeks, to March 22d. 



March 22d. An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day — the 

 President in the chair. 



The President reported that he had, in accordance with the vote of the So- 

 ciety, executed a deed to the proprietors of the estate adjoining the building, 

 of a strip of land, with the right of light, &c., for the sum of three hun- 

 dred dollars. 



The schedule of premiums offered by the Society, for the current year, 

 was read by the President, and accepted : it was also voted that exhibitors 

 of fruit be requested to exhibit their specimens, so far as practicable, in new 

 boxes, or in the dishes of the Society. 



It was voted that the Hall shall be open to the public at 12 o'clock, M., 

 and closed at 2 o'clock, P. M. 



It was voted that the Society's new building should be called the " Hor- 

 ticultural Hall," and that the basement room used for the meetings of the 

 Society be known by the name of the " Library Room." 



The President was authorized to execute a lease of the store, for three 

 years, agreeably to an agreement made with the lessee last autumn. 



A. letter was read from the Secretary of the New Jersey Horticultural 

 Society, requesting the Massachusetts Horticultural Society to set their 

 days of exhibition, and the President, C. M. Hovey, and S. Walker, were 

 chosen a committee to report upon the subject at a future meeting. 



E. A. Upton, Jonas Chickering, and Joseph JBallister, were admitted 

 members. 



Adjourned one week, to March 29. 



March 29th. An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day — 

 the President in the chair. 



Scions of the Winter Harvey apple, with specimens of the fruit, were 

 sent for distribution by Mr. Kenrick. Scions of the Nonesuch and other 

 apples were pesented for distribution by Mr. Downer. 



It was voted that the printed list of premiums, offered by the Society, be 

 sent to every member. 



Meeting dismissed. 



