8i§J Horticultural Societies. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Societies. 



New York Horticultural. — The annual meeting of this Society, for 

 the election of officers for the ensuing year, was held at Stuy vesant Institute, 

 on Friday evening, December 10, 1852, and the following gentlemen were 

 elected : — 



President — Shepherd Knapp. 



Vice Presidents — W. Coventry, W. G. Hunt, W. W. Livermore, H. Wad- 

 dell, N. K. Anthony, and John Groshan. 



Treasurer — J. C. Parsons. 



Corresponding Secretary — Geo. W. Curtis. 



Recording Secretary — P. B. Mead. 



Librarian — A. Bridgeman. 



Literary Committee — P. B. Mead, and F. J. Smith. 



Finance — Chas. Oakley, H. M. ScheifFelin, and A. A. Leggett. 



Fruit — T. Hogg, Jr., W. S. Carpenter, and Charles More. 



Cut Flowers and Plants — J. E. Ranch, T. Danlap, and J. W. Wood. 



VegethUes — J. Cutlip, D. Clark, and John Tick. 



Distribution of Seeds, ^c. — J. Newhouse, C. F. Lindsley, and A. Knox, Jr. 



Premiums — Geo. Gamgee, and Alexander Gordon. 



American Pomological. — The Constitution and By-laws adopted by 

 the Society, are as follows : — 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article 1. The name of this Association shall be the American Pomo- 

 logical Society. 



2. Its object shall be the advancement of the Science of Pomology. 



3. It shall consist of delegates appointed by Horticultural, Agricultural, 

 and kindred Societies in the United States and British America, and of such 

 other persons as take an interest in the welfare of the Association, and are 

 desirous of promoting its aims. 



4. The meetings shall be held biennially, at such time and place as may 

 be designated by the Society ; and special meetings may be convened at 

 any time, on the call of the President. 



5. The officers shall consist of a President, one Vice President from eve- 

 ry State, Territory and Province represented, a Treasurer and a Secretary ; 

 and shall be elected by ballot or otherwise at every biennial meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The President shall have a general superintendence of the affairs of 

 the Society during its vacation ; give due public notice of the time and 

 place of meeting ; preside at its deliberations ; deliver an address on some 

 subject relating to Pomology, at every biennial meeting ; and appoint all 

 committees, unless otherwise directed. 



2. In case of the deatli, sickness, or inability of the President, his official 

 duties shall devolve on one of the Vice Presidents, according to the order 

 in which they stand on the minutes. 



