>B 21 n48 829 lopy 1 l:iliiiiiii .'a.- ^ ■ .:<^' , ■ -• * 1 ' ' '* r' • ,/v. ' - ^r ^^ •'- I-."'' '■ ,I5l. .. i< •^^ ^^1 S.-'-ic , ,tf^v-.. ■■^M yk ' '^nL,*'^> • .'.''. - \ . ".vr*^ .in,; < ::■ fe • iiSip/>' ^^- jZgS^^^ ^m m MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ? ] :; I T C £- 5lf 51? >Ki MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY. "And the Lord God planted a garden; and there he put the man, whom he had formed." — oeu. BOSTON, PRESS OF ISAAC R. BUTTS— WILSON'S LANE. MDCCCXXIX. 55 2./ CONTENTS. Page Proceedings on the Establishment of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 7 First Meeting, 7 Second Meeting, 8 Officers of the Society, 9 Standing Committees, 11 Committee on the Synonymes of Fruits, 13 Act of Incorporation, 14 C0]!fSTITUTIO]?f. SECTION I. The Officers of the Society, 17 SECTION II. The President, 17 SECTION III. The Vice Presidents, ' 18 SECTION IV. The Treasurer, 18 SECTION V. The Corresponding Secretary, 19 SECTION VI. The Recording Secretary, 19 SECTION VII. The Election of Officers and Members, 19 4 CONTENTS. SECTION viri. Page The Discontinuance of Members, 20 SECTION IX. The Anniversary of the Society, 20 SECTION X. The Meetings of the Society, 20 SECTION XI. Amendments to the Constitution, how made, 21 BY-IiAWS. ARTICLE I. The Period of Elections, 22 ARTICLE II. The Notice of Elections, 22 ARTICLE III. The Mode of Balloting, 23 ARTICLE IV. The Method of Filling Vacancies, 24 ARTICLE V. The Duties of the Treasurer, 24 ARTICLE VI. The Duties of Corresponding Secretary, 25 ARTICLE VII. The Council, how Formed, 25 ARTICLE VIII. The Presiding Officer of the Council, 25 CONTENTS. y ARTICLE IX. Page The Time and Place of Meeting of the Council, 26 ARTICLE X, The Order of Business in the Council, 26 ARTICLE XI. The Council may Establish By-Laws for its Government, ... 26 ARTICLE XII. The Disposition of Papers and Communications, .27 ARTICLE XIII. The Objects and Distribution of Rewards, 27 ARTICLE XIV. The Manner of Presenting Rewards, 28 ARTICLE XV, The Council to Recommend the Persons for Officers, ..... 29 ARTICLE XVI. Each Member Entitled to a Copy of the Charter, Constitution, and By-Laws, 29 ARTICLE XVII. The Mode of Admitting Members, 29 ARTICLE XVIII. The Fee of Admission, 30 ARTICLE XIX. The Annual Contribution, 30 ARTICLE XX. The Consequence of not Paying Contributions, 30 ARTICLE XXI. The Admission of Members to be Recorded, 31 ARTICLE XXII. A Quorum for Business, 31 6 CONTENTS. ARTICLE XXIII. Paga Honorary and Corresponding Members, 31 ARTICLE XXIV. Who may be Honorary Members, 31 ARTICLE XXV. The Rights of Honorary Members, 32 ARTICLE XXVI. Who may be Corresponding Members, 32 ARTICLE XXVII. The Expenses of Corresponding Members to be Paid, 32 ARTICLE XXVIII. The Rights of Corresponding Members, 33 ARTICLE XXTX. Honorary and Corresponding Members to be furnished with Diplomas, 33 ARTICLE XXX. Practical Gardeners may be Admitted as Members, 33 ARTICLE XXXI. Lecturers on Botany, Entomology, and Horticultural Chemistry, 34 Reports of Standing Committees. 1. On Fruits, 35 2. On Gardens, 38 3. On Trees, 40 Members of the Society, 43 Honorary Members, 49 Corresponding Members, 51 PROCEEDINGS ESTABLISHMENT MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAIi SOCIETY. PIE- ST MEETING. On the 24th of February, 1829, a meeting of sixteen gentlemen was convened at the office of Zebedee Cook, jr., 7^ Congress street, for the purpose of instituting a Horticultural Society, when the Hon. John Lowell, of Roxbury, was chosen Moderator, and Zebedee Cook, jr. ap- pointed Secretary. It was then voted that Messrs. HENRY A. S. DEARBORN, ZEBEDEE COOK, Je., SAMUEL DOWNER, be a committee to prepare a Constitution and By-Laws, for the government of the Society, and to report the same at a future meeting, to be held at the time and place the committee may designate. 8 PROCEEDINGS, &c. Messrs. JOHN B. RUSSELL, ENOCH BARTLETT, ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr., SAMUEL DOWNER, CHEEVER NEWHALL, were appointed a committee to obtain sub- scribers. The meeting was then adjourned. ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr., Sec'y. SECOIVD MEETING. On the 17th of March, 1829, a meeting was held at the same place, as was the preceding, for the purpose of hearing the report of the commit- tee, appointed to prepare a Constitution and By- Laws, for the use of the Society. The Hon. John Lowell being prevented by illness from attending, the meeting was organized by the choice of William H. Sumner, Esq. as Moderator. The draft of the Constitution and By-Laws as reported by the committee, having been read, it was moved, that the same be adopted, as the Constitution and By-Laws of The Massachu- setts Horticultural Society, and the same were adopted unanimously. OFFICERS MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. HENRY A. S. DEARBORN, Roxhury. VICE-PRESID-ENTS. ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr., Dorchester. JOHN C. GRAY, Boston, ENOCH BARTLETT, Roxhury. TREASURER. CHEEVER NEWHALL, Boston. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. JACOB BIGELOW, M. D., Boston. RECORDING SECRETARY. ROBERT L. EMMONS, Boston. COUNSEIiLORS. AUGUSTUS ASPINWALL, Brookline. THOMAS BREWER, Roxbunj. HENRY A. BREED, Lynn. 10 OFFICERS. BENJ. W. CROWNINSHIELD, Salem. J. G. COGSWELL, jYorfhampton. NATHANIEL DAVENPORT, Milton. E. HERSEY DERBY, Salem. SAMUEL DOWNER, Dorchester. OLIVER FISKE, Worcester. B. V. FRENCH, Bostoyi. J. M. GOURGAS, Weston. T. W. HARRIS, M. D., Milton. WILLIAM JACKSON, Plymouth. SAMUEL JAQUES, Jr. Charlcstoion. JOS. G. JOY, Boston. WILLIAM KENRICK, Mwton. WILLIAM LINCOLN, Worcester. J. P. LELAND, Sherburne. JOHN LEMIST, Roxhury. ELIAS PHINNEY, Lexington. BENJAMIN RODMAN, JVeiv Bedford. JOHN B. RUSSELL, Bosto7i. CHARLES SENIOR, Roxbimj. WILLIAM H. SUMNER, Dorchester. CHARLES TAPPAN, Boston. JACOB TIDD, Roxbury. M. A. WARD, M. D., Salem. JON A. WINSHIP, Brighton. WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, Dorchester. SAMUEL WARD, Roxbury. AARON D. WILLIAMS, Roxbury. PROFESSOR OF BOTAITK' AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. MALTHUS A. WARD, M. D. PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY. T. W. HARRIS, M. D. PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. J. W. WEBSTER, M. D. STANDING COMMITTEES COTJNCIIi. I. ON FRUIT TREES, FRUITS, &C. To have charge of whatever relates to the multipUcation of fruit trees and vines, by seed, scions, buds, layers, suckers, or other modes; the introduction of new varieties ; the various methods of pruning and training them, and whatever relates to their culture, and that of all other fruits ; the recommendation of objects for premiums, and the awarding of them. ELIAS PHINNEY, Chairman. SAMUEL DOWNER, OLIVER FISKE, ROBERT MANNING, CHARLES SENIOR. IL X)N THE CULTURE AlSTD PRODUCTS OF THE KITCHEN GAHDEN. To have charge of whatever relates to the lo- cation and management of Kitchen Gardens ; the cultivation of all plants appertaining thereto ; the introduction of new varieties of esculent, me- 12 STANDING COMMITTEES. dicinal, and all such vegetables as are useful in the arts, or are subservient to other branches of national industry; the structure and manage- ment of hot-beds ; the recommendation of objects for premiums, and the awarding of them. JACOB TIDD, Chairman. SAMUEL WARD, AARON D. WILLIAMS, JOHN B. RUSSELL. Ilf. Oir ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND GREEN-HOUSES. To have charge of whatever relates to the culture, multiplication, and preservation of orna- mental trees and shrubs, and flowers of all kinds ; the construction and management of green houses, the recommendation of objects for pre- miums, and the awarding of them. ROBERT L. EMMONS, Chairman. JONATHAN WIN SHIP, JOSEPH G. JOY, WILLIAM CARTER. IV. ON THE LIBRARY. To have charge of all books, drawings, and engravings, and to recommend from time to time such as it may be deemed expedient to pro- cure ; to superintend the publication of such communications and papers as may be directed STANDING COMMITTEES. 13 by the council; to recommend premiums for drawings of fruits and flowers, and plans of country houses, and other edifices and structures connected with horticulture ; and for communi- cations on any subject in relation thereto. H. A. S. DEARBORN, Chairman. JOHN C. GRAY, JACOB BIGELOW, T. W. HARRIS. COMMITTEE ON THE SYNONYMES OF FRUITS. At a meeting of the Society, June 20, the following gentlemen were chosen a Committee to facilitate an interchange of fruits with the Philadelphia, New York, and Albany Horticul- tural Societies, and others, for the purpose of establishing their synonymes. JOHN LOWELL, Chairman. SAMUEL G. PERKINS, SAMUEL DOWNER. ACT OF INCORPORATION. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE VEAR OF OCR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE. An Act to incorporate the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court as- sembled, and by the authority of the same, That Zebedee Cook, Jr., Robert L. Emmons, Wil- liam WORTHINGTON, B. V. FrENCH, JoHN B. Russell, J. R. Newell, Cheever Newhall, and Thomas G. Fessenden, their Associates and Successors, be and they hereby are incorporated under the name and by the description of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for the purpose of encouraging and improving the science and practice of Horticulture, and pro- moting the amelioration of the various species of trees, fruits, plants, and vegetables, and the introduction of new species and varieties ; w^ith power to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Laws of the Commonwealth, for the regula- tion of said Society, and the management of the same and of its concerns ; to receive donations, bequests and devises for promoting the objects ACT OP INCORPOKATION. 15 of said Society ; to lay and collect assessments on the Members, not exceeding two dollars per annum ; to enforce the payment of such assess- ments by action for the same ; to purchase and hold real estate to the amount of ten thousand dollars, and personal estate to the amount of twenty thousand dollars ; to elect a Treasurer, Secretary, and other officers — the appointment of which shall be provided for in the by-laws of said Society ; the meeting for the election of such officers to be called at the times and in the manner provided in such by-laws ; to empower the President, Directors, Comptrollers, Treas- urer, Committees, or other Officers or Members, or any Attorneys, Agents, or Representatives of said Society, to transact the business, manage and apply the funds, discharge the functions, and promote the objects thereof; to authorise any of the Members or Officers of said Society to ffil vacancies in the various offices of the same that may happen in the intervals between the meet- ings of the Members for choosing Officers ; and to commence and defend suits. Section 2. Be it further enacted, That in case the said Corporation shall at any time con- tract debts beyond their means and ability to pay at the time of contracting the same, the Officers or other Agents of said Corporation so contracting such debts shall be personally hable for the same. 16 ACT OF INCORPORATION. Section 3. Be it further enacted, That any Member of said Corporation may cease to be a Member thereof, by giving notice to that effect to the President, Treasurer, Secretary, or other Officers, and paying the amount due from him to the Society. Section 4. Be it further enacted. That the first meeting of the Members of said Corpora- tion may be called by any two or more of the persons named in the first section, by giving one week's notice, or more, by advertisement in any newspaper printed in Boston. Section 5. Be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered or repealed at the discretion of the Legislature. In House of Representatives, June 12, 1829. Passed to be enacted. WM. B. CALHOUN, Speaker. In Senate, June 12, 1829. Passed to be enacted, SAMUEL LATHROP, PresidenL June 12th, 1829. Approved, LEVI LINCOLN. A true Copy of the Original Act. Attest, EDWARD D. BANGS, Sec'y of the CommHth. COIVSTITUTION MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY. SECTION I. The Officers of the Society. The officers of this Society shall consist of one President, not less than two Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary, and Council, who shall be elected annually, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until others are installed in their places. SECTION II. The President. The business of the President shall be to pre- side in all the meetings of the Society, to keep order, to state the business lying before the So- ciety ; to state and put questions which shall have been moved and seconded, and in case of an equal division on any question, to give the 3 1 S CONSTITUTION. casting vote ; to call for accounts and reports from all committees ; to call all extra meetings of the Society, when requested so to do, by any five of its members ; and generally to execute, or superintend the execution of such by-laws and regulations, as the Society shall from time to time enact or adopt. SECTION III. TTie Vice Presidents. In case of the absence of the President from any of the meetings of the Society, it shall be the duty of the senior Vice President then present, to take the chair, who shall for the time, have and exerciso all the authority, privileges and power of the President ; and in case neither the President, or either of the Vice Presidents shall be present at any meeting of the Society, the Society shall then choose viva voce, a President pro tempore, who shall for the time be invested with all the power and authority of the President. SECTION IV. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall receive for the use of the Society all sums of money due or payable thereto, and shall keep and disburse the same, as shall be prescribed from time to time, by the regulations and by-laws of the Society. , CONSTITUTION. 1 9 SECTION V. TJie Corresponding Secretary. The Corresponding Secretary shall prepare all letters to be written in the name of the Soci- ety, and conduct its correspondence. He shall receive and read all letters and papers addressed to the Society, in the order in which they may have been received, and shall preserve or dispose of them in such manner as shall be prescribed by the By-Laws, or directed by the Society. In the absence of the Corresponding Secretary, the Recording Secretary shall perform his duties under the direction of the President. SECTION VI. The Recording Secretary. The Recording Secretary shall keep the min- utes of the proceedings of the Society, and shall regularly record the same in a book to be pro- vided and kept for that purpose. In the absence of the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding Secretary shall perform his duties. And in the absence of both secretaries, the President shall appoint either a Corresponding, or Recording Secretary, or both, pi''o tempore. SECTION VII. The Election of Officers and Members. All elections for Officers of this Society, shall be by ballot, and all the members of this Society 20 CONSTITUTION. shall be elected by ballot. Candidates for ad- mission, shall only be proposed and balloted for at a stated meeting of the Society. SECTION VIII. The Discontinuance of Members, Whensoever any member shall, after notice, neglect for the space of one year, to pay his an- nual assessment, his connexion with the Society shall cease ; and any member may, at any time, withdraw from the Society, on notice given to the Secretary, but he shall be responsible for the annual assessments, up to the period of such notice. SECTION IX. The Anniversary of the Society. The Anniversary of the Society shall be ob- served on the third Saturday of September in each year. SECTION X. The Meetings of the Society. The stated meetings of the Society shall be held on the first Saturday of March, of June, of September, and of December, at such time and place as shall be directed by the Society. And such number of members as shall from time to time be prescribed by the By-Laws, shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. CONSTITUTION. 2 1 SECTION XI. Amendments to the Constitution, how made. This Constitution may be amended in manner following. Any amendment, or amendments, thereto may be proposed at any stated meeting of the Society. They shall be entered on the minutes, and the President shall read, or direct them to be read by the Secretary, and stated for discussion at the next stated meeting of the Society, and if three fourths of the members present, shall vote in favor of adopting them, they shall be recorded as part of the Constitu- tion. BY-LAWS MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ARTICLE 1. The Period of Elections. All the officers directed to be chosen by the Constitution of this Society, and all other officers which may be provided for by the By-Laws there- of, shall be elected at the anniversary meeting of the Society, on the third Saturday of Septem- ber in each year, and shall enter on the duties of their respective offices, at the stated meeting next ensuing that on which they were elected. Provided that nothing contained in this article shall be construed to affect the election of offi- cers at the adoption of the Constitution and organization of the Society. ARTICLE II. The JSTotice of Elections. At least ten days notice shall be given by the Recording Secretary, of every annual election, BY-LAWS. 23 by publishing the same in two or more newspa- pers printed in this city. The notice shall spe- cify particularly the time and place, when and where the said election is to be held, and the different officers to be voted for. And unless thirteen members at least shall attend on the third Saturday in September, and give in their votes, the President or presiding officer shall adjourn the said election to some convenient day, prior to the next stated meeting of the society, of which adjourned election the like notice shall be given, as of the regular annual election, and the election shall then proceed, whatever may be the number of members present. ARTICLE III. The Mode of Balloting. The names of the persons voted for, to fill the offices established by the Constitution, shall be contained on the same ballot, and the office for which they are respectively intended, shall be distinctly designated. The names of the persons voted for, to fill the other offices which may from time to time be instituted or provided for by the By-Laws, shall be contained on another ballot. As soon as the poll shall be closed, the President or presiding officer, shall appoint two of the members present to examine the ballots, who shall report aloud to the President the number of votes given, and the President shall thereupon 24 BV-LAVVS. declare the persons elected, to the respective offices, by a majority of the votes given. ARTICLE IV. The Method of filling Vacancies. When ' any vacancy shall happen, either by death or resignation, in any of the offices estab- lished by the Constitution or By-Laws of the So- ciety, it shall be filled at the next stated meeting of the Society, after the vacancy shall have hap- pened, unless the election shall be postponed to a subsequent day, by a majority of the members then present, and the election shall be conduct- ed as nearly as may be, after the manner herein prescribed for the annual election of officers. ARTICLE V. The Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall demand and collect all moneys due to the Society, and shall keep regu- lar accounts of all sums received and disbursed by him. Every sum of money exceeding ten dollars shall be paid by order of the Council. The accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited annually, at least one week previous to the anni- versary meeting of the Society, by a Committee consisting of three members, to be appointed by the Council, and of the President and Secre- tary, who shall be members ex officio. The BY-LAWS. 25 said committee shall report at the anniversary meeting, the balance in the Treasurer's hands, and the general state of the funds of the Society. ARTICLE VI. The Duties of the Corresponding Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary, and of the Recording Secretary, to attend at all the meetings of the society, and the Corresponding Secretary shall attend the meet- ings of the Council. He shall keep minutes of their proceedings, and record the same as they may direct. The Recording Secretary shall keep and record the minutes of the Society, as directed by the Constitution. He shall prepare and give notice of all the meetings of the So- ciety, and shall superintend the printing of its transactions under the direction of the Council. ARTICLE VII. The Council. The Council to consist of not less than tvt^en- ty four members. The President and all the officers of the Society, shall be ex officio mem- bers of the Council, and five members shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. ARTICLE VIII. The Presiding Officer of the Council. The President or senior Vice President present, and in case neither the President nor 26 BY-LAWS, either of the Vice Presidents shall attend, then the senior member present shall preside at the meetings of the Council. ARTICLE IX. The Time and Place of Meeting of the Council. The Council may convene at such times and places as it may deem expedient, and the Presi- dent or presiding officer of the Society, shall have power to convene meetings of the Council at his discretion, and the Corresponding Sec- retary shall give due notice of every meeting directed to be convened. ARTICLE X. The Order of Business in the Council. The chairman shall determine the order in which the business before the Council shall be taken into consideration, and all questions which shall be considered, shall be decided by a ma- jority of votes, the chairman giving the casting vote in case of an equal division. ARTICLE XI. The Council May Establish By-Laws for its Government. The Council shall have power, as occasion may require, to make and establish such By- Laws and regulations, not repugnant to the Con- stitution of this Society, as shall be deemed BY-LAWS. 27 useful and necessary for the government thereof. Such By-Laws and regulations shall be subject, however, to be altered, modified, or repealed by the Society at its stated meetings, two thirds of the members present concurring in such altera- tions, modification, or repeal ; and any of the By-Laws of this Society may in like manner be altered, modified, or repealed by the votes of two thirds of the members present at any stated meeting. ARTICLE XII. The Disposition of Papers and Communications. All papers or communications directed or sent to the society, shall be referred to the particular consideration of the Council, who may direct the same to be published in the transactions of the Society, or otherwise disposed of. ARTICLE XIII. The Objects and Distribution of Rewards. The Council may annually in its discretion, direct rewards to be given to such members as may in the opinion of the Council, have essen- tially advanced the objects of the Society, either by frequent communications thereto, which shall have been deemed worthy of publication in its transactions, or by having made impor- tant additions to the science of horticulture, or who by diligence and exertions in the service 2S BY-LAWS. of the Society, shall have merited distinction ; and may also award premiums to the members of the Society, of such value, in such manner, and under such regulations as may be deemed proper and expedient, either for the invention or discovery of any new matter in horticulture, or some important improvement therein; or for the exhibition to the Society, of any fruits, vegetables, or plants of their growth or cultiva- tion, and either new in their kind, or of uncom- mon excellence as to quality ; or for any new and successful method of cultivating any kind of esculent vegetables, fruits, ornamental flowers, or ornamental shrubs, or trees, or any other subjects connected with horticulture. Provided that seeds, cuttings, scions, or plants, as the case may be, or the fruit, vegetables or plants shall have been given to the Society for distribu- tion, and the fruit, vegetables, or plants have been exhibited at some one of the meetings of the Society. ARTICLE XIV. The Manner of Presenting Rewards. If at any time, rewards or premiums shall be awarded by the council, they shall be presented and given to the persons entitled thereto, or to their representatives, by the President or presiding officer of the Society, at its next stated meeting. The names of all persons to whom rewards or premiums shall have been awarded, in the course BY-LAWS. 29 of the year, shall be duly recorded, and such publicity given thereto as the Council shall direct. ARTICLE XV. The Council to Recommend the Persons for Officers. It shall be the duty of the Council, at the stated meeting preceding every anniversary election, to lay before the President and the Society, a list of the persons whom they recom- mend to be elected as President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretaries of the Society, and another list containing the names of those whom they recommend to be elected members of the Council, and to fill the other offices provided for by the By-Laws, and shall cause a sufficient number of each list to be printed and furnished at the anniversary election for the use of the members. ARTICLE XVI. Each Member entitled to a Copy of the Charter, Constitution and By-Laws. Every member, at the time of his admission, shall be presented, by the Recording Secretary, with a printed copy of the Charter, Constitu- tion and By-Laws of the Society. ARTICLE XVII. The Mode of Admitting Members. Every candidate for admission into the Socie- ty, shall be proposed and recommended at a 30 BY-LAWS. stated meeting of the Society by at least two of its members, and shall be balloted for at the time proposed, or at some subsequent stated meeting. ARTICLE XVIII. The Fee of Admission. Each member before he receives his certifi- cate or takes his seat, shall pay the sum of five dollars. ARTICLE XIX. The Annual Contribution. The Annual Contribution shall be payable at the time of his election; but any member of the Society may at any time compound for his future contribution, by the payment of thirty Dollars. ARTICLE XX. The Consequences of not Paying Contributions. No member of the Society shall be entitled to receive any pubHcation of the society, or to vote at any election or meeting of the society, or be eligible to any office therein, who has for more than twelve months, omitted to pay his annual contribution. And if his contribution shall at any time be in arrears for more than one year, he may be ejected from the society, by the votes of two thirds of the members present, at any stated meeting. BY-LAWS. 31 ARTICLE XXI. The Admission of Every Member to be Recorded. The election and admission of every member, with the time thereof, shall be recorded. ARTICLE XXII. A Quorum for Business. Six members exclusive of the President or presiding officer, shall be a quorum for the trans- action of business. ARTICLE XXIII. Honorary and Corresponding Members. There shall be two classes of members, ex- clusive of ordinary members, to wit, honorary members, and corresponding members. ARTICLE XXIV. TVho may be Honorary Members. Honorary members shall be eminent persons, distinguished either in this or other countries, for their attainments in the science of horticul- ture. They shall be proposed only by the Coun- cil, at a stated meeting of the Society, and elected at that or a subsequent stated meeting, by the votes of two thirds of the members present. 32 B^-LAWS. ARTICLE XXV. The Rights of Honorary Members. Honorary members shall be exempt from the payment of fees or contributions. They shall not be entitled to vote at any election or meet- ing of the Society, nor be eligible to any office therein, but shall have the privilege of attend- ing all meetings thereof. ARTICLE XXVI. Who may he Corresponding Merflbera. The Corresponding members of the Society shall be citizens of the United States of Amer- ica, or any other country, distinguished for their practical skill and knowledge in the science of horticulture. The President or Secretary of the Society shall hold a correspondence on sub- jects relating to horticulture, with such of them as shall be deemed convenient or expedient. ARTICLE XXVII: Expenses of Corresponding Memlers to be Paid. All the expenses incurred by any correspond- ing member, in promoting, under the direction of the President or Secretary, the object of this Society, as well as any remuneration for per- sonal trouble, shall be paid out of the funds of the society, under the direction of the Coun- cil. BY-LAWS. 33 ARTICLE XXVUI. The Rights of Corresponding Members. The corresponding members shall not be subject to the payment of fees or contributions, nor be entitled to any of the privileges of mem- bers, except that of attending the meetings of the society, and may receive such rewards and honors as the Council may deem expedient to bestow, in consideration of meritorious services. They shall be proposed and elected in like man- ner as honorary members. ARTICLE XXTX. Honorary and Corresponding Members to be Furnished with Diplomas. There shall be transmitted to each honorary member, and to each corresponding member, as soon as may be after his election, a diploma or certificate of his election, under the seal of the Society, signed by the President, and counter- signed by the Secretary. ARTICLE XXX, Practical Gardeners may be admitted as Members. Any person exercising the trade or profession of a gardener, who shall have received any re- ward from the Society, or who shall have com- municated a paper, which shall have been read, at a general meeting of the Society, and which 34 BY-LAWS. shall be deemed worthy of publication, or who may be recommended by the Council, may be admitted a member of the Society, and shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a member, upon the payment of two dollars for his admission fee, and one dollar in each year for his contribution, instead of the fee and an- nual contribution, named in the eighteenth and nineteenth sections. ARTICLE XXXI. Lecturers on Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Entomology and Chemistry, Lecturers on botany and vegetable physiology, on entomology, so far as it relates to horticulture, and on horticultural chemistry, shall be ap- pointed. They shall be nominated by the coun- cil at a stated meeting of the Society, and elect- ed at that, or a subsequent stated meeting, by a majority of votes. REPORTS STANDING COMMITTEES. ON FRUIT TREES AND FRUITS. The Committee who have in charge what- ever relates to the multipHcation of Fruit Trees, Fruit, ^c. — the recommending of objects for premiums, and the awarding of them, have attended to that duty, and submit the following report. FIRST — ON NURSERIES. For the best nursery of Apple Trees of the most approved kinds of fruit, not less than one thousand in num- ber, and not less than two years old from the budding or grafting, !^10 00 For the best nursery of Pear Trees of the most rare and approved varieties, not less than one thou- sand in number, and not less than two years old from the budding or engrafting, a premium of - - 10 00 36 REPORTS. For the best nursery of Peach Trees of the greatest variety of the best kinds, not less than two thousand in number, a premium of - - ;^10 00 For the best nursery of Cherry Trees, not less than five hundred, and not less than two years old, and of the best kinds, a premium of - - 5 00 For the best nursery of Plum and Apricot Trees of approved varie- ties, not less than three hundred in number, a premium of - - 6 00 SECOND — ON FRUITS. For the best Apples, not less than two dozen, a premium of - - 4 00 For the best Pears, not less than one dozen, a premium of - - - 4 00 For the best Peaches, not less than one dozen, a premium of - - 4 00 For the best Plums, not less than one dozen, a premium of - - - 3 00 For the best Apricots, not less than one dozen, a premium of - - 3 00 For the best foreign Grapes, not less than three bunches, a premium of - 3 00 For the best native Grapes, not less than six bunches, a premium of - 3 00 For the best Gooseberries, not less than one quart, a premium of - 2 00 REPOKTS. 37 For the best Strawberries, not less than one quart, a premium of - ;S2 00 THIRD — ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, AND "THE DISEASES INCIDENT TO THEM. To the person who shall offer to the Society at their annual meeting in September, the best treatise, in manuscript, on the cultivation and management of fruit trees, a pre- mium of - - - - - 6 00 To the person who shall offer to the Society, at their annual meeting in September, the best treatise, in man- uscript, on any one, or more, of the insects that attack fruit trees, with the best method of preventing or destroying the same, a premium of - 5 00 To the person who shall offer to the Society, at their annual meeting in September, the best treatise, in manuscript, on any one, or more, of the diseases to which fruit trees are liable, with the best method of pre- venting the same, a premium of - 6 00 FOURTH — NEW VARIETIES. To the person who shall introduce and propagate the greatest number of the new and most approved vari- eties of fruit trees, a premium of - 10 00 38 REPORTS. The times and places for exhibiting the vari- ous kinds of fruit, to be fixed by the Committee and pubHshed. Discretionary premiums to be awarded on fruits presented by members, or others, when rare and of excellent sorts. All which is respectfully submitted, by order of the Committee. E. PHINNEY, Chairman. NO. II. ON KITCHEN GARDENS. The Standing Committee of the Massachu- setts Horticultural Society, on the Culture and Products of the Kitchen Garden, consisting of Jacob Tidd, Samuel Ward, Aaron D. Wil- liams, and John B. Russell, have attended to that duty, and submit the following list of premiums. Asparagus, 50 in a bunch, earliest and best in open ground, - - - ;$f2 00 Cucumbers, best pair, on or before the 4th of July, in open ground, - - 2 00 Cabbages, Early, the best 4 heads, - 2 00 Carrots, twelve roots, the earliest and best, ------ 2 00 Beets, twelve roots of the earliest and best, by 4th of July, - - - 2 00 REPORTS. 39 Potatoes, early, one peck, the best, by the 4th of July, - - - - ^ 00 Potatoes, for winter, not less than twenty bushels, having regard to their pro- ductiveness, as well as quality, - 4 00 Celery, six plants, earliest and best, - 4 00 Beans, Large, Lima, 2 quarts, shelled, 2 00 Beans, the earliest and best, 2 quarts, - 1 00 Beans, the earliest and best, dwarf shell, 2 quarts, - - - - - 1 00 Lettuce, four heads, the finest and heaviest of the season, - - - 1 00 Cauliflowers, 4 heads, finest and heaviest of the season, - - - - 1 00 Broccoli, 4 heads, do. do. 2 00 Squashes, Winter Crook Neck, the largest and best pair, - - - 1 00 Peas, one peck, the earliest and best by the first Monday of June, - - 1 00 Savoy Cabbages, six heads, best in the season, 2 00 Melons, Water, the largest and best pair, ------ Melons, Musk, the finest pair in the season, ----- Indian Corn, for boiling, 12 ears, hav- ing regard to the size of the ears, their earliness, and the quality of the corn, 1 00 1 00 1 00 40 REPORTS. The Committee attend, generally, every Sat- urday, at the Society's Hall, No. 52 North Mar- ket Street, for the examination of any articles that may be left for examination or premiums. Per order, J. TIDD, Chairman. KO. iir. ON ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS. The Standing Committee on Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, and Green-Houses, beg leave respectfully to report the following sub- jects for premiums, viz. For the most successful cultivation of the American Holly ; the number of trees, not less than four, which have been transplanted at least three years, ;^10 00 For the four best flowering plants of the Magnolia Glauca, which have been transplanted at least three years, 10 CO For the most successful cultivation of the Rhododendron Maximum, the number of plants not less than four, which have been transplanted three years, - - - - - 5 00 For the five best plants of the Kalmia Latifolia, which have been trans- planted not less than three years, - 2 00 REPORTS. 41 For the best seedling plants of either of the above, not less than ten in number, of three years growth, and upwards, - - - - - ^^5 00 For the best specimens of Chinese Chrysanthemums, not less than five varieties, - - - - - 3 00 For the best half dozen of Tulips, - 2 00 do. do. Hyacinths. 2 00 do. do. Ranunculus, 2 00 For the best pot of Auriculas, - - 2 00 do. do. Anemonies, - 2 00 do. do. Pinks, - - 2 00 do. do. Carnations, - 2 00 For the best half dozen cultivated native Flowers, - - - - 2 00 For the finest Roses, not less than five varieties, - - - - - 4 00 For the best bunch of double and single Dahlias, 2 00 For the greatest number and finest kinds of the Camellia Japonica, - 3 00 Discretionary premiums to be awarded on plants, or flowers, not enumerated above, but no premiums will be awarded until the year 1 830. Of the times when, and the places where, due notice will be given by the Committee. In the selection of objects for premiums, your Committee have had chiefly in view, the intro- 6 42 REPORTS. duction into our gardens of some of those in- digenous shrubs, whose rare beauty (in their opinion) deserve, and which they confidently hope will obtain the notice of the Society. They have no doubt that our own country is rich in ornamental trees and shrubs, which if more generally known and cultivated, would be as generally admired and appreciated ; and they cannot but regret, that while so much labor and care have been bestowed upon exotics inferior in beauty, our native plants have literally been left "to waste their fragrance on the desert air." Feeling confident that many if not all the indi- genous shrubs abounding in our vicinity, may be naturalized to an upland soil, and even improved by cultivation, they have been induced to offer premiums for such as they think will well re- pay the labor of cultivation. All which is re- spectfully submitted, by order of the Committee. R. L. EMMONS, Chairman. Note. None but the members of the Society are entitled to the premiums offered in the re- ports of the three Committees. The Committees No. 1 and 2, meet at the Society's Hall, No. 52, North Market Street, every Saturday, generally, for the examination of any articles that may be left for premium, or exhibition. MEMBERS MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUIiTUBAL SOCIETY. ASPINWALL, AUGUSTUS, Brookline. ADAMSON, JOHN, Roxbury. AMES, JOHN W. Bedham. ANDREWS, JOHN H., Salem. ANDREWS, EBENEZER T., Boston. ANTHONY, JAMES, Providence. B BARTLETT, ENOCH, Roxbury. BRIDGE, NATHAN, Charlestoum. BREWER, THOMAS, Roxbury. BRIMMER, GEORGE W., Boston. BRADLEE, JOSEPH P., BREED, EBENEZER, " BUSSEY, BENJAMIN, BREED, HENRY A., Lynn. BIGELOW, JACOB, Boston. BALDWIN, ENOCH, Dorchester. BREED, JOHN, Charlestown. BREED, ANDREW, Lynn. BAILEY, KENDALL, Charlestown. BROWN, JAMES, Cambridge. BARTLETT, EDMUND, JVewburyport. BUCKMINSTER, LAWSON, Framingham. BUCKMINSTER, EDWARD F., « BRECK, JOSEPH, Pepperell. 44 MEMBERS. COOK, ZEBEDEE, Jr., Dorchester. CODMAN, JOHN, CUNNINGHAM, J. A., CLAPP, NATHANIEL, COOLIDGE, JOSEPH, Boston. CORDIS, THOMAS, " COPELAND, B. F., Roxhury. COGSWELL, J. G., JVorthampton. CARTER, WILLIAM, Cambridge. CHAMPNEY, JOHN, Roxbury. COWING, CORNELIUS, « ' CHANDLER, DANIEL, Lexington. CAPEN, LEMUEL, South Boston. CHASE, HEZEKIAH, Lynn. COLMAN, HENRY, Salem. CARNES, NATHANIEL G., JVew York. CURTIS, EDWARD, Peperell. CHANDLER, SAMUEL, Lexington. CAPEN, AARON, Dorchester. CROWNINSHIELD, BENJ. W., Salem. D DEARBORN, H. A. S., Roxbury. DAVIS, ISAAC, DOWNER, SAMUEL, Dorchester. DICKSON, JAMES A., « DOWSE, THOMAS, Cambridgeport. DUDLEY, DAVID, Roxbury. DOGGETT, JOHN, Boston. DREW, DANIEL, DAVENPORT, NATHANIEL, Mlton. DAVIS, CHARLES, Roxbury. DORR, NATHANIEL, « DEARBORN, HENRY, « DODGE, PICKERING, Salem. DEAN, WILLIAM, DERBY, E. H., DODGE, PICKERING, Jr., Salem. MEMBERS, 45 E EMMONS, ROBERT L., Boston. EVERETT, EDWARD, Charlestown. EUSTIS, JAMES, South Reading. EDWARDS, ELISHA, Springfield. F FRENCH, BENJAMIN V., Boston. FESSENDEN, THOMAS G., « FROTHINGHAM, SAMUEL, « FORRESTER, JOHN, Salem, FISKE, OLIVER, Worcester. FOSDICK, DAVID, Charlestown. G GRAY, JOHN C, Boston. GREENLEAF, THOMAS, Quincy. GOURGAS, J. M., Weston. GREEN, CHARLES W„ Roxhury. GORE, WATSON, GREENOUGH, DAVID S., " GANNETT, T. B., Cambridge. GARDNER, W. F., Salem. GARDNER, JOSHUA, Dorchester. GOODALE, EPHRAIM, Bucksport. GOODWIN, THOMAS J., Charlestown. H HARRIS, SAMUEL D., Roxbury. HUNTINGTON, JOSEPH, « HASKINS, RALPH, HUNTINGTON, RALPH, Boston. HEARD, Jr., JOHN, HILL, JEREMIAH, " HOLLINGSWORTH, MARK, Miltoii. HARRIS, WILLIAM T., HOLBROOK, AMOS, HARRIS, THADDEUS M., Dorchester. HOWE, RUFUS, HAYDEN, JOHN, Brookline. 46 MEMBERS. HOWES, FREDERICK, Sale7n. HAGERSTON, DAVID, Charlestoivn . HUNT, EBENEZER, A''orlhampton. HOWLAND, JOHN, Jr., JVew Bedford. I IVES, JOHN M., Salem. JAQUES, SAMUEL, Jr., Cfharlestown. JOHNSON, SAMUEL R., JACKSON, PATRICK T., Boston. JOY, JOSEPH G., JONES, THOMAS K., JACKSON, JAMES, " JOHONNOT, GEORGE S., Salem. JACKSON, WILLIAM, Plymouth. K KENRICK, WILLIAM, JVewton. LINCOLN, LEVI, Worcester. LINCOLN, WILLIAM, " LOWELL, JOHN, Roxhury. LEE, THOMAS, Jr., " LEWIS, HENRY, « LEMIST, JOHN, LYMAN, THEODORE, Jr., Boston. LOWELL, JOHN A., LAWRENCE, ABBOTT, " LYMAN, GEORGE, " LAWRENCE, CH.\RLES, Salem. LITTLE, HENRY, Bucksporf, Maine. LELAND, DANIEL, Sherburne. LELAND, J. P., M MANNING, ROBERT, Salem. MANNERS, GEORGE. Boston. MINNS, THOMAS, MEMBERS. 47 MORRILL, AMBROSE, Lexington. MUNROE, JONAS, N NEWHALL, CHEEVER, Dorchester. NICHOLS, OTIS, NUTTALL, THOMAS, Camiridge. NEWELL, JOSEPH R., Boston. NEWHALL, JOSIAH, Lynnfield. NEWMAN, HENRY, Roxhury. NICHOLSON, HENRY, Brookline, o OTIS, HARRISON G., Boston. OLIVER, FRANCIS J., " PERKINS, THOMAS H., Boston. PERKINS, SAMUEL G., PARSONS, THEOPHILUS, PUTNAM, JESSE, PRATT, GEORGE W., PRESCOTT, WILLIAM, PENNIMAN, ELISHA, Brookline. PARSONS, GORHAM, Brighton. PETTEE, OTIS, JSTewton. PRINCE, JOHN, Roxlury. PHINNEY, ELIAS, Lexington. PRINCE, JOHN, Jr., Salem. PICKMAN, BENJ. T., " PEABODY, FRANCIS, « PENNIMAN, JAMES, Dorchester. POOR, BENJAMIN, JVew York. PERRY, Rev. G. B., Bradford. PERRY, JOHN, Sherburne. POND, SAMUEL, Cambridge. R RUSSELL, JOHN B., Boston. ROBBINS, E. H., Jr., ROLLINS, WILLIAM, " RICE, JOHN P., RICE, HENRY, 48 MEMBERS. RUSSELL, J. W., Roxbury. RUD, JAMES, ROBBINS, P. G.. ROWE, JOSEPH, Milton. ROGERS, R. S., Salem. RODMAN, BENJAMIN, JVew Bedford. ROTCH, FRANCIS, ROTCH, WILLIAM, s SHURTLEFF, BENJAMIN, Boston. SEARS, DAVID, STEVENS, ISAAC, « SILSBY, ENOCH, STORER, D. HUMPHREYS, « SULLIVAN, RICHARD, Brookline. SEAVER, NATHANIEL, Roxbury. SENIOR, CHARLES, SUMNER, WILLIAM H., Dorchester. SWETT, JOHN, SHARP, EDWARD, SMITH, CYRUS, Sandwich. SUTTON, WILLIAM, Jr., JDanvers. STORY, F. H., Salem. STRONG, JOSEPH, Jr.", South Hadley. STEARNS, CHARLES, Springfield. TAPPAN, CHARLES, Brookline. TIDD, JACOB, Roxbury. THOMPSON, GEORGE, Medford. TRAIN, SAMUEL, TIIORNDIKE, ISRAEL Jr., Boston. TILDEN, JOSEPH, TUCKER, RICHARD D., TOOHEY, RODERICK, Waltham. THOMAS, BENJAMIN, Hingham. V VOSE, ELIJAH, Dorchester. w WILLIAMS, NEHEMIAH D., Roxbury. WILLIAMS, FRANCIS I., HONORARY MEMBERS. 49 WILLIAMS, AARON D., Roxbury. WILLIAMS, MOSES, WILLIAMS L. G., WARD, SAMUEL, WELD. BENJAMIN, WORTHINGTON, WILLIAM, Dorchester. WELLES, JOHN, WALES, WILLIAM, WEBSTER, J. W., Cambridge. WHITE, ABIJAH, Watertown. WILLIAMS, SAMUEL G., BrooUine. WHITE, STEPHEN, Salem. WARD, MALTHUS A., " WILKINSON, SIMON, ^osfon. WIGHT, EBENEZER, WYATT, ROBERT, WINSHIP, JONATHAN, Brighton. WARREN, JONAS, Stow. WILDER, S. V. S., Bolton. WALDO, DANIEL, Worcester. WYETH, NATHANIEL J., Jr., Cambridge. WEST, THOMAS, Haverhill. HONORARY MEMBERS. ADAMS, Hon. JOHN QUINCY, late President of the U. S. AITON, WILLIAM TOWNSEND, Curator of the Royal Gar- dens, Kew. ABBOTT, JOHN, Esq., Brunswick, Me. BUEL, J., Esq., President of the Albany Horticultural Society. BODIN, Le Chevalier SOULANGE, Secretaire- General de la Societe D^ Horticulture de Paris. BANCROFT, EDWARD NATHANIEL, M. D., President of the Horticultural and Agricultural Society of Jamaica. BARCLAY, ROBERT, Esq., Great Britain. COXE, WILLIAM, Esq., Burlington, JV. J. COLLINS, ZACCHEUS, Esq. President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia. 7 60 HONORARY MEMBERa COFFIN, Admiral Sir ISAAC, Great Britain. DICKSON, JAMES, Esq., Vice President of the London HoH. Society. DAVY, Sir HUMPHREY, London. DE CANDOLLE, MoNS. AUGUSTIN VYRAMUS, Professor of Botany in the Academy of Geneva. ELLIOT, Hon. STEPHEN, Charleston, S. C. GREIG, JOHN, Esq., Geneva, President of the Domestic Hort. Society of the Western Part of the State ofJVeio York. HERICART DE THURY,Le Vicomte, President de la Societe D^ Horticulture de Paris. HOSACK, DAVID, M. D., President of the JV. York Hort. Soc. HOPKIRK, THOMAS, Esq., President of the Glasgow HoH. Society. HUNT, LEWIS, Esq., Huntsburg, Ohio. JACKSON, ANDREW", President of the United States. KNIGHT, THOMAS ANDREW, Esq., President of the London Hort. Society. LOUDON, JOHN CLAUDIUS, Great Britain. LA FAYETTE, General, La Grange, France. LASTEYRIE, Le Comte de, Vice President de la Societe D^Hor- ticulture de Paris. MADISON, Hon. JAMES, late President of the U. S., Virginia. MONROE, Hon. JAMES, late President of the U. S., Virginia. MICHAUX, MoNs. F. ANDREW, Paris. MENTENS, LEWIS JOHN, Esq., Bruxelles. MITCHELL, SAMUEL L., M. D. MOSSELMANN, , Esq., Antwerp. POWEL,JOHN HARE, Powelton, Pa. PRINCE, WILLIAM, Esq., Long Island, JVew York. ROSEBERRY, ARCHIBALD JOHN, Earl of, President of the Caledonian Hort. Society. PALMER, JOHN, Esq., Calcutta. SABINE, JOSEPH, Esq., Secretary of the London Hort. Society. SHEPHARD, JOHN, Curator of the Botanic Garden, Liverpool. SCOTT, Sir WALTER, Scotland. TURNER, JOHN, Assistant Secretary of the London Hort. Soc. THACHER, JAMES, M. D., Plymouth, Mass. THORBURN, GRANT, Esq., Mw York. CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 51 VILMORIN, MoNS. PIERRE PHILLIPPE ANDRE, Paris. VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN, Esq., Halloioell, Maine. VAN MONS, JEAN BAPTISTS, M. D., Brussells. VAUGHAN, PETTY, Esq., London. WELLES, Hon. JOHN, Boston, Mass. WILLICK, NATHANIEL, M. D., Curator of the Botanic Gar- den, Calcutta. YATES, ASHTON, Esq., Liverpool. CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. ADLUM, JOHN, Georgetown, District of Columbia. ASPINWALL, Col. THOMAS, U. S. Consul, London. APPLETON, THOMAS, Esq., U. S. Consul, Leghorn. BARNETT, ISAAC COX, Esq., U. S. Consul, Paris. CARR, ROBERT, Esq., Mw Jersey. GARDINER, ROBERT H., Esq., Gardiner, Maine. GIBSON, ABRAHAM P., Esq., U. S. Consul, St. Petersburg. HALL, CHARLES HENRY, Esq., JVeiv York. HAY, JOHN, Architect of the Caledonian Hort. Soc. LANDRETH, DAVID, Esq., Philadelphia. LANDRETH, DAVID, Jr., Esq., Corresponding Secretary of the Pennsylvania Hort. Society. MAURY, JAMES, Esq., U. S. Consul, Liverpool. MILLER, JOHN, M. D., Sec'y of the Hort. andAgr. Soc, Jamaica. MILLS, STEPHEN, Esq., Long Island, JVew Yorlc. NEWHALL, HORATIO, M. D., Galena, Illinois. OFFLEY, DAVID, Esq., U. S. Consul, Smyrna. OMBROSI, JAMES, Esq. U. S. Consul, Florence. PARKER, JOHN W., Esq^ U. S. Consul, Amsterdam. PAYSON, JOHN L., Esq.. Messina. PRINCE, WILLIAM ROBERT, Esq., Long Island, Mw York. PRINCE, ALFRED STRATTON, Long Island. SMITH, DANIEL D., Esq., Burlington, Mw Jersey. .SMITH, CALEB R., Esq., JVcmj Jersey. NOTICE. 05^It is one of the objects and the wish of the Massachu- setts Horticultural Societt, to promote and improve the science of Horticulture, by the introduction of the seeds of new varieties of culinary vegetables and ornamental plants — the trees and scions of superior fruits, from any parts of the world, — and the formation of a Library, to comprise all the standard works on Hor- ticulture, as well as the various periodical publications devoted to the subject, now published in Europe and the United States. Any donations of seeds, scions, roots, drawings of fruits, models of new implements of use in Horticulture, or donations to the Library, may be sent to the Society's Hall, No. 52 North Market Street, Boston, consigned to the care of Mr J. B. Russell, general Agent for the Society. — All donations of the above kind from other Societies, or from individuals at a distance, will be duly appreciated by the members, and reciprocated as far as practicable. In order to correct the great confusion that now prevails in the names of fruits, and to establish their synonymes, it is desirable that specimens may be sent to the Society's Hall, in their season, for examination ; and also specimens of all valuable sorts that may be considered native varieties. m ■m ^ u- -^^^ ft QQ002246b57 '.m" i '