AN ' /I ,X 



DELIVERED BEFORE ,TH:4. ' - '\ ' ' "C.^ f 

 BY THE PRESIDENT, 



JOHN ¥. DEGMUW, ESQ. 



DECEMBER 7th, 1854 ; 



ALSO 



THE REFOUT 



OF THE TREASURER, 



W. S. DUNHAM, 



WITH THE 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIIE COMMITTEE. 



" The study of Horticulture under any of its forms is delightful, and canaot 



fail to yield instruction and entertainment to every one that 



desires to enquire into its arrangements, or examine 



into iti beauties. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY. 



BROOKLYN : 



J. W. HEIGHWAY, & CO., PRINTERS, 



1855. 



