Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 523 



West, Highland Chief, Roi de Pontelle, Duke of Cambridge, Mar- 

 chioness of Cornwallis. 

 For the second best, to J. Nugent, $4, for Mr. Seldon, La Tour L'Au- 

 vergne, Madame Zahler, Roi de Pontelle, Duchess, Lady Sale, 

 Unique, Lady Cooper, La Polka, Lady Granville, Miss Vyse, Pic- 

 otee. Great Mogul, Summit of Perfection, Louis Philippe, Fairy 

 Queen, Mount Blanc, Constantia. 

 Twelve Dissimilar Blooms. — For the best, to Hovey & Co., $5, for 

 Mrs. Hansard, Mrs. Herbert, Abbe Tassart, Comte de Merode, Co- 

 quette de Peck, Sir R. Whittington, Admiral, Sir C. Napier, Lilliput 

 Von Beyrout, Aurora, Morning Star, Caractacus. 

 For the second best, to A. Bowditch, $3, for Duke of Cambridge, Cle- 

 opatra, Beauty of Hastings, La Tour L'Auvergne, Alice Hawthorn, 

 Miss Vyse, Antagonist, Floral Beauty, R. Cobden, Constantia, Lady 

 of the Lake, Queen of the East. 

 The flowers contained some of the best specimens ever exhibited before 

 the Society. Some of the new French fancy ones, by Hovey & Co., were 

 superb, particularly Coquette de Peek, Comte de Merode, and Triumph de 

 Lannoy ; Abbe Tassart is also a beautiful flower. The stands, generally, 

 were exceedingly good, and the whole were well bloomed and very perfect. 

 Saturday, Oct. Ist. — The annual meeting of the Society, for the choice of 

 officers, was held to-day, — the President in the chair. The polls remained 

 open half an hour, when the following officers were declared elected : — 

 President — Joseph S. Cabot. 

 Vice Presidents — Benjamin V. French, Cheever Newhall, Edward M. 

 Richards, Josiah Stickney. 



Treasurer — William R. Austin. 



Corresponding Secretary — Eben. Wight. 



Recording Secretary — W. C. Strong. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Pysiology — John Lewis Russell. 



Professor of Entomology — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — E. N. Horsford. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



On Fruits — Eben. Wight, Chairman ; C. M. Hovey, Joseph Breck, W. 

 R. Austin, W. C. Strong, F. L. Winship, A. W. Stetson. 



On Flowers — Joseph Breck, Chainnan; Alex. McLellan, E. A. Story, 

 Azell Bowditch, Thomas Page, G. Everts, F. Burr. 



On Vegetables — Henry Bradlee, Chairman ; A. C. Bowditch, Peter Law- 

 son, J. B. Moore. 



On Library — C. M. Hovey, Chairman ; W. S. King, R. M. Copeland, 

 Samuel Kneeland, Jr., Azell Bowditch. 



On Synonyms of Fruit — M. P. Wilder, Chairman; P. B. Hovey, Josiah 

 Lovett, Samuel Walker, Eben. Wight. 



Executive Committee — J. S. Cabot, Chairman ; William R. Austin, Mar- 

 shall P. Wilder, P. B. Hovey, Samuel Walker. 



