Albany and Rensselaer Hort. Society. 
ALBANY AND RENSSELAER HORTICUTURAL SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of the Society was held at the agricultural 
rooms on Saturday, 6th May. Joel Rathbone, esq., President, 
in the chair. 
The amendments to the constitution proposed at last meeting 
were adopted. 
The report of the Ex. Com. of the proceedings of the Society 
during the past year, was presented and ordered published. 
Mr. D. Thomas Vail, from the committee on nominations, re- 
ported a list of names for officers for the ensuing year. The 
following gentlemen were elected — being those reported by the 
committee. 
President — Joel Rathbone, of Bethlehem. 
Vice Presidents — D. Thomas Vail, Troy ; Dr. Herman Wendell, 
Albany; Ezra P. Prentice, Bethlehem; V. P. Douw, Greenbush. 
Secretary — B. P. Johnson, Albany. 
Treasurer — A. E. Brown, Albany. 
Managers — Amos Briggs, Schaghticoke; Stephen E. Warren, 
Troy; J. M. Lovett, Albany; William Buswell, Troy; J. McD. 
McIntyre, Albany; James Henry, Watervliet; Wm Newcomb, 
Pittstown; James Wilson, Albany; A. Osborn, Watervliet. 
Committees for 1848. 
On Green House Plants and Flowers — Wm. Newcomb, of 
Pittstown, chairman; Dr. Stephen Wicks, Troy; A. J. Parker, 
Albany; C. Hemstreet, Troy; J. M. Lovett, Bethlehem. 
On Fruit — Dr. Herman Wendell, Albany, chairman; V. P. 
Douw, Greenbush; David Benson, Albany; B. Kirtland, Green- 
bush; Wm. Buswell, Troy. 
On Vegetables — John S. Walsh, Bethlehem, chairman; Dennis 
Belden, Troy; C. N. Bement, Albany; John H. Haydock, Troy; 
Johnson, Albany county. 
On Gardens — Luther Tucker, Albany, Chairman; B. T. Cush- 
man, Troy; Clarkson F. Crosby, Watervliet. 
On Essays, and for establishing the Synonyms of Fruits — Dr. 
E. Emmons, Albany, chairman; Amos Briggs, Schaghticoke; 
Sanford Howard, Albany; John H. Willard, Troy; Dr. J. M. 
Ward, Albany. 
On Discretionary Premiums — E. P. Prentice, Albany, chair- 
man; Henry Vail, Troy; William Cooper, Albany; David 
Hamilton, Watervliet; Seth H. Terry, Troy. 
On Floral Designs, Bouquets, Ornaments, &c. &c. — S. E. 
Warren, Troy, chairman; Abel French, Albany; George Gould, 
Troy; E. R. Pease, Albany; John B. Gale, Troy. 
