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Art. IV, Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, Dec. 30th, 1843. — Exhibited. Fruit : From L. P. Grosve- 

 nor, from his farm in Connecticut, fine specimens of Baldwin, Roxbury 

 Russett, Spitzemberg, Fall Pippin, Rhode Island Greening, Black Gilli- 

 flower, Russett Pearmain, Queening (?), Chandler and Beauty apples; 

 also two apples, in appearance and taste like the Rhode Island Greening, 

 taken from a branch and spur, bearing Roxbury russetts : also, Uvedale's 

 St. Germain pears. From E. M. Richards, Minister and WhHe Calville 

 apples, and specimens of a baking pear called the Bicknell. From Jacob 

 Deane, Mansfield, apples called the Sugar Cluster Russetts ; only notice- 

 able from their small size and curious appearance. From J. Breck, a fine 

 specimen of Tolman's Sweeting apple. 



Jan. 6th, 1844. — The stated meeting of the Society was held to-day — 

 the president in the chair. 



A letter was read by the president, from Col. Van Mons, of Brussels, 

 accompanying which were copies of a historical notice of the late Dr. 

 Van Mons, presented by Col. Van Mons to the Society. A vote of thanks 

 was passed, and the corresponding secretary was authorized to transmit 

 the same to Col. Van Mons, with a letter of condolence on the death of 

 his father. 



The president, from the Committee appointed by a vote of the Society 

 on the 19th of August, 1843, to contract for a building, or building lot, if 

 either should present itself, reported that the Society had purchased the 

 estate belonging to the city of Boston, known as the Latin school-house, 

 in School Street, containing 2952 feet of land, with the building thereon, 

 for the sum of Eighteen Thousand Dollars. The Report concludes as 

 follows : — 



The Committee would state, in their opinion the time has arrived, when 

 the wants of the Society demand better and more extensive accommoda- 

 tions than can be furnished in the present location : that the funds now in 

 the treasury, with its prospective resources, are such as to warrant an in- 

 vestment for this purpose, and that after the Society shall have appropriat- 

 ed such part of the building as may be deemed necessary for its own con- 

 venience, there will then be a portion left which may be fitted up for stores 

 or shops, and which will probably rent for a sum equal to the interest of 

 any loan which may be needed, in addition to its present funds, for the 

 purchase and alteration, or the remodelling of the same. Your committee 

 are also under the impression, that the cost of the property corresponds 

 better with the means of the Society than any other that they have met 

 with, or that might otfer itself at present, and is capable of being made 

 commensurate with its growth and necessities for some years to come. — 

 And further, that the estate, situated as it is in a central part of the city, 

 where real estate must always be valuable, caimot be a very bad invest- 

 ment, should the Society hereafter, for any cause, wish to dispose of 

 the same. 



The report was accepted, and a vote of thanks passed to the Committee 

 for their attention to the subject, and the acceptable manner in which they 

 had performed their duties. 



A comnnittee of nine was then chosea, to superintend the remodelling or 

 rebuilding the Latin school-house. 



