64 THE FLORIST AND 



On motion, the subject was referred to a seleet committee of three with 

 power to act. 



The President announced that he had received from Commodore Perry, 

 of the Japan Expedition, a small package of se$ds and a letter, which was 

 read purporting that the seeds were a present to the Society,- and requesting 

 that a portion of the products of each kind might be preserved, and if new 

 and interesting the credit be given to the Expedition. 



On motion, ordered that the thanks of the Society be tendered to Com- 

 modore Perry for the gift, and the seeds be referred to the Committee for 

 the distribution of Seeds, &c. 



^Members Elected. — Dr. Morton Stille, Edmund Grundy, Robert Tyler, 

 Edward Shippen, Edward P. Eastwick, and George Lazenby. 



Objects Exhibited. 



Plants.— -By Robert Buist : — Ixora crocata, Camellia Mrs. Cope, Primu- 

 la sinensis alb. plen,, Daphne indica rubra, Cornea turgida, C. speciosa, 

 Tillandsia bractea rubra, Epacris Wattonii, E. miniata, E. Copei, Clivia no- 

 bilis, Erica rubra, Cornea speciosa, and a Seedling Primula. 



By Thomas Meehan, gardener to C. Cope : — Centradenia floribunda, 

 Primula sinensis purp. plen., Eranthemum semperflorens, E. pulchellum, 

 Ixora incarnata, Camellia Margaret Grillon, C. Reine des Fleurs, Aloe va- 

 riegata, Euphorbia jacquinireflora, Brunsfelsia latifolia, Jasminum revolutum, 

 Epidendrun ciliatum, and Cypripedium venustum. Also, a Table design 

 and two baskets of cut flowers. 



Fruit. — By Isaac B. Baxter : — Pears — Passe Colmar, B. D'Aremberg, 

 and S. Germain. 



Vegetables. — By Thomas Meghran, gardener to W. H. Stewart, Torres- 

 dale — A display, among which were Cucumbers, the Godfrey's Surprise, 

 Mushrooms, Asparagus, and varieties of Lettuce. 



By W. Thompson, gardener to John Tucker ; — Sion house Cucumbers. 



By Thomas Meehan : — -Asparagus. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, January 17th, 

 1854. Caleb Cope was called to the chair, and Nathaniel Knowles appoint- 

 ed secretary. 



The object being stated by the chairman to be the election of officers, 

 Thomas Clark and Charles Harmar were appointed tellers, who, after the 

 balloting, reported that the following gentlemen had received the 'highest 

 number of votes — whereupon the chairman announced that they were elected 

 officers for the ensuing year: 



President— General Robert Patterson. 



Vice Presidents — James Dundas, Richard Price, W. D. Brinckle, M. D. ? 

 Robert Cornelius. 



Treasurer — John Thomas. 



Corresponding Secretary — Thomas C. Percival. 



Recording Secretary — Thomas P. James. 



Professor of Entomology — Samuel S. Haldeman, A. M. 



Professor of Botany — William Darlington, M. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — Robert Hare, M. D. 



