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\ Oil. XV. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1837. 



NO. 36. 



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ffJ'VVe are happy to perceive by the following impor- 

 tant document, that the situation and prospects of the 

 Massachuseits Horticultural Society, are such as to meet 

 the wishes of its most ardent friend.s, and liberal sup- 

 porters. 



fForlhe .New England Farmer.) 

 MASSACHUSETTS HOHTICDLTtRAl. SOCIETY. 



Proceedings of the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, at a meeliug hflid at the Hall of the Institution, 



on Saturday, the 4th day of March, 1837. 

 The following Report was made by the President of 

 tiie Society : — 



Since our la.st stated meeting, 1 have receiverla 

 letter from IM. M. Toiif,'anl, President of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Rouen, in Fraiire, advising 

 that the Society of Rjuen has jnst been establish- 

 ed, and soliciting an interciiange of those kind of- 

 fices which luuy tend to promote the common ob- 

 jects of Horticulture in lioth countries; together 

 with a Circidar, enclosing its Constitution and 



By-Laws. Translations of these commimications 



are appeiuled to ihis Report. 



A letter has also been received from Dr Fischer, 

 Professor of Botany of the rtnperiul Garden of St. 

 Petersburg, accompanying a donation of a large 

 variety of seeds ; which are now ready for distri- 

 button. 



It will be recollected that in the early part of 

 the past year, a large and valuable collection of 

 bulbsand seeds were received by the Society, from 

 the Baron Von Ludwig at the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 and that subsequently, by a vote of the Society, 

 the Committee on Flowers, were directed to pro- 

 cure a collection of such seeds and roots, as would 

 be likely to be acceptable in return. I have now 

 to udvise the Society, that the Committee charged 

 with the execution of thi.s commission, have made 

 n collection of sceils and roots, chiefly of indige- 

 nous plants, embracing more than two hundred 

 varieties of the kinds which were thuught to be 

 most likely to be desirable at the Cape, an<l that 

 the same have been shipi)ed, by a recent convey- 

 ance, to the Baron Von Ludwig. 



The ConuTiittee appointed at a former meeting 

 to examine tlie accounts of the Treasurer of the 

 Mount Auburn Cemetery, have attended to that 

 duty, and in furtherance of the agreement entered 

 into with that Institution, and the provisions of 

 its Act of Incorporation, there has been paid into 

 the treasury of this Society, tlie sum of twenty- 

 two hundred and seventy-four dollars, for the pro- 

 jiortiou of the net proceeds of the sales of lots for 

 the past year, accruing to the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. This sum, as well as the amount heretofore 

 received from the same source, together with the 

 other unappropriated funds of the Society, have 

 been invested by the Treasurer, under the direc- 

 tion of the Finance Committee, in stocks of the 

 Banks of this city. 



There has also been bequeathed to this Society, 



in the course of the past year, by a highly merito- 

 rious and worthy citizen of Boston, who deceased 

 in a foreign coimtry, the sutii of five thousand dol- 

 lars; this amount, added to a previous donation 

 from the same individual, a part of which has 

 been received, amounts to the liberal sum of 7000 

 dollars. In connection with the approjuia- 

 tioii of the funds of the Society, I would beg leave 

 to suggest for its consideration ; that, keeping con- 

 stantly in view tlie idtiitutte establishment of that, 

 at which it has long been aiming, a garden of ex- 

 periments, whenever its funds shall be deemed 

 adequate to the object ; it is of great itnportance 

 that the Society be furnished with a place of meet- 

 ing, and for its e.xhihitions, better suited to its 

 purposes, than it has heretofore been provided 

 with, [t is believed that no part of the efforts of 

 the Horticultural Society have been productive of 

 a more salutary ii\fluence, than its weekly exhibi- 

 tions ; it is here that practical men c.xhiljit the re- 

 sults of their experiments, in every branch of cul- 

 ture; here they interehange their views and opin- 

 ions ; and it is here too, that the public is attrac- 

 ted to vvitncssthe beautiful disjdays of flowers and 

 of fruits ; by which it is believed that the taste is 

 not only improved, hut often acquired for this in- 

 teresting pursuit. An investment of its funds in 

 a suitable building, in a proper location, might en- 

 able the Society to reserve such part of it for its 

 own use, as would subserve its pur|)oses, and the 

 rents accruing from the residue, might be accumu- 

 lating in aid of the ultimate objects of the feociety. 



The want of a Garden, as a rece|)lacle fur the 

 various valuable colleclions of seeds and plants, 

 which we are constantly receiving from abroad, is 

 sensibly ielt ; yet .much may be, and has already 

 been done, by their distrihiuion among members 

 of the Society. Many new and valuable varieties 

 have been obtained, and the Society may contem- 

 plate with great satisfactioji, the splenilid collec- 

 tions of rare and valuable plants, now in the posses- 

 sion of its members; many of their own im|iorta. 

 lion, which, at its origin were unknown, even by 

 name, in the country. Such too are the facilities 

 of comrnnuication between this Society and va- 

 rious distinguished pomologists of Europe, that 

 scarcely is a new variety of fruit brought into no- 

 tice there, than it is transferred to our own coun- 

 try ; an^l it is gratifying to know, that although 

 many of the kinds introduced from abroad, have 

 not be enfuund to answer our expectations, found- 

 ed upon the descriptio'ns given of them in their 

 native climate, that many prove to be invaluable, 

 possessing the best properties, aiVl which are fast 

 taking the place of the ancient kinds, that have 

 lallen into decay from the age of the variety. 



The success which has attended the labors of 

 the venerable Dr Van Mons, in producing new va- 

 rieties of fruit from seed in Belgium, togetlier with 

 the eflTorts now making in France, to induce a 

 course of simi'ar experiments there, prompted by 

 the ofer of a liberal premium by lUe Horticultu- 

 ral Society of Paris, it is hoped will point to our 

 own eidtivatore the pro(:riety of similar efTorts on 



their part ; true the reward of such efforts may 

 appear to be remote, l)Ut as the ultimate results 

 are no longer to be considered as doubtful, it is 

 believed tliat no considerations of a selfish nature, 

 will deter the immediate conmienr einent of like 

 experiments in oiu- own coimtry. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



E. VOSE, 

 President of the Mass. Hort. Society. 



Dorchestet;, March 4, 1837. 



Which Report was accepted, and was ordered 

 to be printed in the New England Fartner. M . 

 Tougard of Rouen, France, was elected an Hon 

 orary Member of the Society. 



E. Weston, Jr. Recording Secretary. 



[copv of m. toujard's letter.] 



Department of the Lower Seine, } 

 Roueu, Sept. 29, l!:36. \ 



The President of the Horticultural .Society of Rouen, to 

 the President of tlio Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 

 Sir: — Your Society, justly celebrated in 

 Fitince for the intelligence of its members, and 

 for its desire to advance the cause of agriculture, 

 has induced the Horticultural Society of Rouen, 

 Department of the Lower Seine, to include you 

 among the number of the Societies with which it 

 would correspond ; I entertain the hope that you 

 will favorably receive our proposition, and that 

 you will gratify us so far, as to allow us to value 

 upon your friendshin' 



Should you desiry*o receive any seeds from us, 

 it will give us great pleasure to forward them to 

 you, on being api)riased of the kinds which would 

 he agreeable to you ; as on ourown part, we could 

 designate to you such seeds or plant! as we luight 

 desire to receive. It is thus that distance is anni- 

 hilated for the products of nature, and for those 

 who admire its beauties. 



With the present, I enclose you the Laws of 

 our Society, as well as a letter of invilation to for- 

 ward your i)ublications in exchange for our own. 

 Letters and packages may be addressed to me. 

 I a/n with great consideration, 

 Sir, your most hiunble servant, 



TOUOARB. 



Rouen, Aug. 31, 183C. 



Sir : — I have the honor to enclose the Bulle- 

 tin of the llorticidtural Society of Rouen ; be 

 pleased, I prn^ you, to accept this homage. 



The first numbur, which contains the Rulesand 

 Regidations of the Society, will indicate to yoii 

 what is the ilesign of its labors, and the results to 

 which it aspires. 



'I he Society over whicli I have tlje privilege to 

 preside, will feel itself highly honored, if you wotjld 

 consent to receive the publication of its transac- 

 tions, in exchange for these of yonr own, and it 

 solicits the favor of being placed among the num. 

 her of your correspondents. Your communica- 

 tions will be highly valuable to us, and we wilj 



