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miums offered in tlie Report of the Special Committee on Gardens, be and is 

 hereby appropriated out of tlie treasury, for that purpose. 



The president, treasurer, and secretary were appointed a committee to 

 consider the expediency of paying a part of tlie expense of publishing the 

 Report of the Pomological Convention in New York, in 1849, in connection 

 witli tlie Phil. Hort. Society, and to report at tlie next meeting. 



Voted^ that fifty copies of the Report on the Annual Address, be placed 

 in tlie hands of the corresponding secretary, for distribution. Adjourned 

 one week, to April 13. 



April 13. An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



The committee appointed to consider the expediency of paying a part of 

 the expense of publishing the Report of the Pomological Convention, re- 

 ported, that it was inexpedient to take any action on the subject. 



David W. Barnes, Boston, and William A. Harris, Dorchester, were 

 elected members. Adjourned 3 weeks, to May 4. 



May 4. An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — tlie 

 President in the chair. 



A communication was received from W. H. Simpson, which was referred 

 to the Committee on Publication. The thanks of the Society were voted to 

 Mr. Sunpson for his communication. 



A communication was also received from C. W. Dabney, of Fayal, a cor- 

 responding member. 



William Sumner, of Pomerania, S. C, was elected a corresponding mem- 

 ber. Adjourned one week, to May 11. 



May 11. An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



On motion of E. Wight, it was voted, that fifty copies of the Transcript, 

 containing the communication of William H. Simpson, on the curculio, be 

 purchased for distribution among the members of the Society ; and that the 

 librarian be charged with the duty of the same. Adjourned 3 weeks, to 

 June 1. 



[The above includes all the business meetings of the Society, omitted in 

 our last two numbers.] 



June 1. An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — Vice 

 President B. V, French, in the chair. 



A Report of the Vegetable Committee was read and accepted. 



Samuel Bigelow, Brighton, and G. W. Ellis, Boston, were elected mem- 

 bers. Adjourned 2 weeks, to June 15. 



Exhibited. — Flowers: From J. A. Lowell, several orchids, and other 

 plants, among wjiich were fine specimens of Cattleya, two or three species ; 

 Maxillarias, Cymbidiums, Tropse'olum tricolorum, &c. From Mr. Tidd, 

 Seedling cereus, between C. speciosissimus and Epiphyllum Ackermanii, 

 veiy handsome. From J. Breck &- Co., a variety of fine tulips, and other 

 flowers. From Hovey &. Co., fine tulips and pansies. Flowers, in variety, 

 were also sent by the President, Miss Russell, P. Barnes, T. Needham, 

 A. Bowditch, Winship & Co., E. M. Richards, James Nugent, and others. 



