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Squash seeds were received from J. F. Allen, and seeds from G. Mount- 

 fort, United States consul, Island of Candia, for distribution. 



The Executive Committee reported the following schedule of premiums 

 for 1853, as having been approved. 



Adjourned one Aveek, to January 8. 



SCHEDULE OF PRIZES FOR 1853. 



Amou]\t appropriated, Two Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty 



Dollars. 



PROSPECTIVE PRIZES. 



For objects to be originated subsequent to A. D. 1846, and which, after 

 a trial of Jive years, shall be deemed equal, or superior, in quality and other 

 characteristics, to any now extant. 



For the best seedling Pear, the Society's large Gold Medal, valued 



at $60 CO 



« " " Apple, " " " " . . CO 00 



" " " Hardy Grape, " " « , . 60 00 



« " " Plum, the Appleton Gold Medal, . . 40 00 



" " " Cherry, the Lowell Gold Medal, . . 40 00 



» " « Tree Psonia, the Appleton Gold Medal, . 40 00 



" " " Herbaceous Psonia, the Lowell Gold Medal, 40 00 



" « " Potato, the Society's large Gold Medal, . CO 00 



^fter a Trial of Three Years. 



For the best seedling Strawberry, the Lyman Plate, . . . 50 00 



" " « " Raspberry, the Bradlee Plate, . . . 40 00 



" " " " Hardy Rose, the Society's large Gold Medal, CO CO 



" " " " Camellia, the Society's large Gold Medal, . CO 00 



" " « « Azalea Indica, the Lowell Gold Medal, . 40 00 



« " « " Blackberry, 40 00 



« " " " Gooseberry, 30 00 



" " " " Currant, Red, or White, . . . . 30 00 



PRIZES FOR GARDENS, GREENHOUSES, 6ic. 

 Amount appropriated. Two Hundred Dollars. 



Ordered, Tliat the following Prizes, to he awarded in 1853, he offered by 

 the Society, viz : — 

 For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 



neally kept Garden or Grounds, through tlie season, . . $25 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 15 00 



