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Art. III. Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held at the State Agricultural 

 Society Rooms, February 6, 1850, J. Rathbone, President in the chair. 



The report of the treasurer was presented and accepted. 



On motion of Dr. Herman Wendell. 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to nominate officers 

 and to report a premium list for the ensuing year. 



The President appointed iis the committee, Dr. Herman Wendell, E. P. 

 Prentice, and B. B. Kirtland. 



Previous to the committee retiring, tlie President, Mr. Rathbone, informed 

 the Society that he was grateful for the kindness which had been manifested 

 to him in electing him as their presiding officer for the last three years ; 

 and that he desired to decline being a candidate for reelection. 



The committee retired, and, on their return, reported the following named 

 gentlemen as officers for the ensuing year : 



President. — V. P. Douw, Greenbush. 



Vice Presidents. — E. P. Prentice, Bethlehem ; Dr. Herman Wendell, Al- 

 bany ; Stephen E. Warren, Troy ; Amos Briggs, Schaghticoke. 



Secretary. — B. P. Johnson, Albany. 



Treasurer. — Luther Tucker, Albany. 



Managers. — B. B. Kirtland, Greenbush ; J. M. Lovett, Albany ; L. Me- 

 nand, Watervliet ; J. McD. Mclntyre, Albany ; W. A. McCulloch, Green- 

 bush ; James Wilson, Albany ; William Newcorab, Pittstown ; E. C. Mcin- 

 tosh, Albany. 



The report of the committee was accepted, and the persons named, were 

 duly elected officers for the ensuing year. 



Col. Rathbone resigned the chair, and introduced the newly elected Presi- 

 dent, V. P. Douw, Esq., who returned thanks for the honor conferred upon 

 him, and assured the Society that his best effiarts sliould be devoted to its 

 interests and welfare, trusting that he should be sustained by the members 

 in carrying out fully the objects of the association. 



On motion of Dr. Herman Wendell, 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Mr. Rathbone, 

 for the able and satisfactory manner in which he has discharged the duties 

 of the office of president during the last tliree years, rendered peculiarly 

 arduous in the organization of the Society ; and tliat the Society is under 

 great obligations to him for its prosperous and gratifying condition at tlie 

 close of his services as president. 



Standing committees on fruits, flowers, vegetables, &c., were also elected 

 for the year. 



Fruits. — The Committee on Fruits beg leave to report, that there was 

 exhibited by E. P. Prentice, of Mount Hope, fourteen varieties of apples, 

 viz : — Winter Pearmain, Flusliing Spitzenberg, R. I. Greening, Kilham Hill, 

 Gloria Mundi, Poughkeepsie Russet, Golden Pippin, Tolman's Sweet, Red 

 Gilliflower, Ancient Briton, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Vandervere, Peck's 

 Pleasant, and Westfield Seek-no-Further. 



