VOL. XIll. NO. 13. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



aL^S^HORllCULTURAI^SOCIETY 



At tlie iiieeliiig of (lie Society, held Stitunlay, 

 Se|>t. 27i(i, 183.4 — 



The Kicoidiii^' Scrrt'tMiy read tlie follnwiiif,' li-t- 

 tPi- wliich lie had recfived rriiiii llie lion, .lohii (,'. 

 Oi-ay, ac<-oiii|iaiiii'd liy a copy of the address de- 

 livered on the 17lh of Se(itciidier. 



•SiV, In ooin|iliance wiih the rer|!iest of tlie Ilcjr- 

 ticiihural Society, I have the honor of sidnnilliiij; 

 M their dis|iosal a co|iy of the address delivered at 

 Faneiiil Hall, on the ITlh iiist. 



Your oh't serv,t. John C. Gray. 



R. T. Paine, Esq. Secretaiy of ike Mass. Hoii. 



Satiety. 



Voted, that said letter and address be roinniit- 

 ted to E.Vose, CheeverNevvhall, anil }5. V. Frenih, 

 Es(|s. Willi iiislriictions to cause the same lo he 

 piililished ill the iiiaiiiier they may deem most ex- 

 pedient. 



Voted, that A. H. Everett, W. Oliver, E. Vose, 

 J. C. Gray, J. T. Buckingham and K. T. Paine 

 he n Cominitlee to revise the hy-1aws of the Soci- 

 ety, and that said Committee he instructed to as- 

 certain wliether the oflice or title of Vice Presi- 

 dent is any where recognized in the Conslitiitioii 

 of the Society, and if not, to report vvliat further 

 measures are necessary in regard to the vote ol 

 Sept. 6, 183 4. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to N. 

 Wallicli, Esq. for a valnalile donation of si;eds, 

 sent by him from Calcutta, and received through 

 the hands of the Corresponding Secretary. The 

 seeds were committed to the gardener of iMoiini 

 Auburn, and Mr. Wallicli's letter was ordered to 

 be printed in the New England Farmer. 



The thanks of the Society were voted (o Llew- 

 ellyn D. Jones of New Bedford, for his valuable 

 and acce|)table donation of a chair of his own 

 manufacture, which was ordered to be jilaced in 

 the Hull of the Society, for the use of the officer 

 who may preside at its meetings. 



The Committee of Finance made a report, accom- 

 panied by the following resolve, which was read 

 and passed, to wit : 



Resolved, that the Committee of Finance be an- 

 tliorized to make an investment of any unappro- 

 priated monies in the treasury, not exceeding one 

 thousand dollars, in such stock as they shall deem 

 advisable ; the same to constitute an accuniulatiiig 

 fund, to be appropi-iated, whenever the ainonnl 

 shall be adetpiate thereto, to the purchase of a 

 place for the meetings of the Society. 



The Committee appointed at the last meeting, 

 to consider and report on the expediency of ex- 

 punging the 11th and 15th sections of the bye 

 laws, and to nominate a list of persons whom they 

 recommend to be elected as officers for the ensu- 

 ing year, reported that in their opinion it was in- 

 expedient to ex|)unge said sections at any other 

 than a special meeting, and therefore recommend- 

 ed the further consideration of that subject to be 

 referred lo the first Saturday in December. 



The same Committee reported a list of persons 

 whom they recommend to be elected officers for 

 the year ensuing, which reports of said Committee 

 were accepted, and the Recording Secretary was 

 requested to procure a sufficient number of the 

 lists of persons recommended by said Committee 

 to be provided for the use of the Society. 



Lewis Joslyn, John Skinner, and George W. 

 Tyler of Chailestown were elected subscription 

 members. R. T. Paine, Rec. Secretary. 



99 



MB. WAI.I.ICH-S LErTER. 



BOTAJV/CjIL OJiRDE^r, CALCUTTA, 



21thMarrh,\%M. 



Dear Sir — My friend Mr. Dixwell, proceeding 

 to ."Vew York by the Dover, has kindly taken 

 charge of ji box of seeds to your address, which I 

 hope; may arrive in good condition and prove 

 W(jrlliy of your acceptance. * * * 



Permit me to offer my bumble services in any 

 maimer in which they n)ay be agreeable to yon, 

 and lo assure yon that I shall feel very liappy if 

 you will honor me by freely commanding them. 



I am, with the highest esteem, yours &c. 



N. VVallich. 



Professor J. Bigetow, 



Voter, Th.-it the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to N. VVallich, Esq. for his valuable dona- 

 lion of Seeds, and that the same be placed in the 

 hands of the Society's gardener at Mount Auburn. 



The ffdiowing is a List of the Seeds presented 

 by Mr. VVallich— viz : 



Mimosa ferriiginia, Urtica scabrella. Mimosa 

 oclandria, lledysarum spe from Nepal, Ipomca spe 

 from Burma, Rondelitia tetandra, Melhania Hamil- 

 toliiana, Dolichos tuberosns, Hedysarum mnbella- 

 tiim, Eiipatoriiim candicans, Gelonium bifarium, 

 Melaleuca leiicadendron, Atragene Yeyl.-inica, 

 Nymphea Cyanea, Crotalaria trifoliastruin, Doli- 

 chos speciosa, Sida jK)lyandra, Hymenonea Cour- 

 baril, Vites s;iligna, Crotalaria vasculosa, Bombas 

 gossypiiiiim, Phillyrea robusta, Melaleuca cajuputi, 

 iVIimosa lencophlea, Beaumontia grandiflora. Con- 

 volvulus paniciilata, Bankinia purjiurea, Bignonia 

 spathacea, Urtica penduliflora. Convolvulus umbel- 

 latiis, Bankinia decandra, Flacceortia inermis, Leea 

 sangiiinea, Bankinea speciosa, Crotalaria tenuifolia, 

 Arteinesia lacteflora, Eiipatorinm vagans, Gmelina 

 villosa, Uviuia grandiflora, Mimosa lueida, Cono- 

 carpus hmifolia, Buddlea necunda, Ceonothus asia- 

 licus, Hedysarum triquetrnm. Clematis odorata, 

 Helicteris spicata, Galego Heyniana, Sida panicii- 

 lata, Callicarpa Reevesii, Nelumbiiim speciosum 

 alha, Wrightia inolissinia, Robinia fruticosa, Pan- 

 danus furcatiis, Hybiscus violacens, Uvaria odo- 

 latissima, Cacalia heiraceoides, Convolvulus lac- 

 tens, Convolvulus spe from Neelghary, Robin- 

 ia Candida, Hedysarum piirpureum, Bideus chi- 

 nensis, Hybiscus popiilnioides, Casearia glabra, 

 Kydia calycina, Elodia pulchella. Mimosa stipulata, 

 Elajodeiulriim glaiicuin, Bankinia bracliycarpa, 

 Gardenia lueida, Nauclea undulata, Croton Zigli- 

 iim, Cardiospermum canescens, Galega lancetdaria, 

 Helicteres piilchra, Grewia oppositifolia, Alstonia 

 oleandrifolia, Roumea floribunda, Casuarina inuri- 

 cata, Hedysarum paniculatum, Saiitalum album. 

 Mimosa Smithiaiia, Hybiscus Collinus, Ekebergia 

 indica, Herculia alata, Nymphea lotus, Pterosper- 

 mum lanceofolium, Alimosa elata, Hedysarum lat- 

 tifolium. Cassia arborescens, Crotalaria fulva, 

 Bankinia parviflora, Croton polyandrum, Glosso- 

 spermiini helulinum, Nauclea cadamha, Triumfetta 

 orl)iculata, — a species of Hymenola^na, Dec, ditto 

 Verbenacea, foot of the Himalaya, Feb. 1834, — 

 Rosa, ijiixiis, Ilullayto (A Syiiantherea & A Fu- 

 iiiariacea,) from the foot of the Himalaya, Jan. 

 1834, — Cliilla (Piiius excelsa), Kamoon near the 

 foot of Himalaya, Dec. 1833, — A Spirea Hyppo- 

 phaeconl'erta, a Deodora from the foot of the Ilim- 

 aiaya, in Kamoon, Feb. 1834, — No. 1 Saussurea 

 gossyphora, 2 Carduus ovallatus, 3 Hippbphie con- 

 ferta, 4 Rose spec, foot of the Himalaya Jan. 1834, 

 — Andromeda, Kamoon Feb. 1834 — Simonia, Ka- 

 moon Feb. 1834, — Pious Deodara. 



The followiug is a List of Officers of the Mass. 

 Hort. Society, chosen on the 4th inst. 



Prc*t(/e»i«— John Lowell, Roxbury. 



rice Presidents— Zehedee Cook, Jr.* Boston ; 

 Elijah Vose, Dorchester ; Enoch Bartlelt, Roxbu- 

 ry ; S. A. Shurlleff, Boston. 



yVeaiurer— William VVorthington, Dorcliester. 



Corresponding Secretary— Jacob Bigelow, M. D. 

 Boston. 



Recording Secretary— n. T. Paine, Boston. 



Counsellors — Theodore Lyman, Jr. Boston ; 

 AugustusAspinwell, Brookline; Thomas Brewer, 

 Roxbury ; Henry A. Breed, Lynn ; Benj. VV. 

 Crowninshield, Boston ; Nathaniel Davenport, 

 Milton ; E. Hersey Derby, Salem ; Samuel Down- 

 er, Dorchester ; Oliver Fiske, Worcester ; B. V. 

 French, Boston ; J. M. Gourgas, Weston ; T. M. 

 Harris, M. D. Cambri<lge ; Samuel Jaqnes, Jr. 

 Charlestown ; Joseph G.Joy, Boston ; Wm. Ken- 

 rick, Newton ; John Lemist, Roxbury ; E. M. 

 Richards, Dedhain ; Benjamin Rodman, New Bed- 

 ford ; William H. Sumner, Dorchester; Charles 

 Tappan, Boston ; Jacob Tidd, Roxbury ; Jona- 

 than Winship, Brighton ; Aaron D. Williams, 

 Roxbury ; J. W. Webster, Cambridge ; Geo. W. 

 Pratt, Boston ; Geo. VV. Brimmer, do. David 

 Haggerston, Cambridge ; Charles Lawrence, Sa- 

 lem. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetsble Physiology — 

 John L. Russell. 



Professor of Pntomology—T. M. Harris, M. D. 



Professor of Horlicidlural Chemistry — J. W. 

 Webster, U. D. 



Standing Committee on Fruits — Elijah Vose, 

 Chairman; Samuel A. Shurtleff, Robert Man- 

 ning, Samuol Downer, William Kenrick, E. M. 

 Richardu, B. V. French, Saiuud Pond, Thomas 

 Mason, P. B. Hovey, Jr. 



Committee on Products of the Kitchen Garden — 



George C. i5arretf. Chairman ; Daniel Chandler, 

 Jacob Tidd, Aaron D. Williams, Leonard Stone, 

 Nathaniel Davenport. 



Committee on Floivers, Shrubs, Sfc. — Jonathan 

 Winship, Chairman; C. M. Hovey, J. A. Kenrick, 

 Samuel VValker, Geo. W. Pratt, David Haggerston. 



Committee on the Library — Elijah Vose, Chair- 

 man ; Jacob Bigelow, Zebedee Cook, Jr. George 

 W. Pratt, T. M. Harris, R. T. Paine, C. M. Hov- 

 ey Librarian. 



Committee on Synonytns oj Fruits — John Low- 

 ell, Chairman ; Robert JManning, Samuel Downer, 

 William Kenrick. 



Committee on the Garden and Cemetery — Joseph 

 Slory, Chairman ; Jacob Bigelow, George Bond, 

 Zebedee Cook, Jr. B. A. Gould, Joseph P. Brad- 

 lee, Charles P. Curtis, Samuel Appleton, Elijah 

 Vose. 



Executive Committee — Zebedee Cook, Jr. Chair- 

 man ; George W. Pratt, Cheever Newhall, Elijah 

 Vose, Joseph P. Bradlee. 



Committee of Finance — Elijah Vose, Chairnmn ; 

 Cheever Newhall, B. V. French. 



We regret that circumstances, and want of room 

 compel us to postpone a list of the flowers pre- 

 sented at the Annual Exhibition of the Mass. Hor. 

 Society, notices of the weekly exhibition of Satur- 

 day last, &c. We hope to sujiply the deficien- 

 cies in our next paper, and in future give the earli- 

 est notices of the Society's transactions. — Ed. 



* Zebedee Cook, Jr. resigned the office of Vice Presideul 

 and read liis Valedictory Address lo Ihe Meeling. 



