PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 
In its first annual meeting and exhibition, held at the Botanical 
to visit and inspect the greenhouses, museum and grounds of the 
garden in Bronx Park, and a display of meritorious quality was 
staged in response to ae liberal prize list. The annual report of 
over $100 to the credit of the next year’s work. 1 this can- 
not but be i ia as most satisfactory and encouraging. With 
e cent facilities afforded by the Botanical Garden, the 
Horticultural Society, acting in codperation, has a future of great 
possibilities for beneficial work and can undoubtedly exert a 
decided influence on the horticulture of New York. 
he il ae ae of Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt upon 
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for a second meeting of the same character to be held in the 
same place next month, June 12 and 13, when liberal prizes will 
be given for roses, paeonies, strawberries and vegetables 
The display just closed was peculiar in ae cempedes: 
Never before has there been a representative collection of Daffo- 
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preciated. Mr. J. de Wolf, Brooklyn, won the prize here with a 
specially fine representative collection, ie Tae nical Garden also 
staging a goodly number; from the latter source also came a 
collection of flowering trees and shrubs and a display of suc- 
