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Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



State Fruit Committees — Hon. S. Walker, chairman. 



P. Barry, chairman for 



T. P. James, 



Dr. Lewis P. Bush, 



Joshua Peirce, 



Rt. Rev. S. Elliott, Jr., 



Yardley Taylor, 



Col. Henry Little, 



H. F. French, 



Dr. E. Wight, 



C. Goodrich, 



Stephen PL Smith, 



George Gabriel, 



William Reid, 



New York, 



Pennsylvania, 



Delaware, 



Dist. Columb. 



Georgia, 



Virginia. 



Maine. 



N.Hampshire, 



Massachus'tts, 



Vermont, 



Rhode Island, 



Connecticut, 



New Jersey. 



S. Feast, chairman for 

 William Summer, 

 Henry K. Burgwyn, 

 R. Buchanan, 

 Dr. J. A. Kennicott, 

 J. D. G. Nelson, 

 Capt. F. W. Macondry, 

 Charles A. Peabody, 

 A. G. Sems, 

 E. D. Hobbs, 

 Thomas Afflick, 

 James Grant, 

 Thomas Allen, 



Maryland, 



S. Carolina, 



N. Carolina, 



Ohio, 



Illinois, 



Indiana, 



California, 



Alabama, 



Florida, 



Kentucky, 



Mississippi, 



Iowa, 



Missouri. 



Art. II. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, Jamianj 1, 1853. — The stated quarterly meeting of the Society 

 was held to day. The President took the chair, and addressed the members 

 in some appropriate remarks upon the progress of Horticulture, the present 

 condition of the Society, and its means of future usefulness. 



Mr. C. M. Hovey, chairman of the Committee on the Library, submitted 

 the annual report, enumerating the books purchased the last year, and ask- 

 ing for the usual appropriation of $150. The report was accepted. 



Mr. C. M. Hovey, from the committee appointed for that purpose, report- 

 ed that a piece of plate of the value of $25, be presented to Mr. E. A. Story, 

 for his services on the Flower Committee. Accepted. 



Capt. Lovett, from another committee, reported that a piece of plate of 

 the value of $50, be presented to Mr. Breck, for his faithful services as 

 chairman of the ('ommittee of Arrangements, for some years. Accepted. 



The President, and Messrs. Richards and Breck, were appointed a com- 

 mittee to consider the propriety of holding occasional meetings for the dis- 

 cussion of subjects of interest to the members, agreeably to the suggestion 

 of the President, in his address. 



On motion of Mr. Walsh, it was voted that all medals awarded as pre- 

 miums be suitably inscribed, at the expense of the Society, before dis- 

 tribution. 



The committee appointed to nominate a Committee of Arrangements for 

 tlie present year, reported the names of the following gentlemen, and they 

 were unanimously elected : 



Jos. Breck, chairman, Dr. E. Wight, W. R. Austin, C. M. Hovey, J. 

 Lovett, O. Johnson, P. B. Hovey, E. A. Story, D. Haggerston, F. L. 

 Winship, A. McLennan, W. C. Strong, and A. Bowditch. 



The committee were ordered to fix the days of the Exhibition, and report 

 next meeting. 



