PROFESSOR GEORGE L. GOODALE, Cambridge.

CHARLES W. GORDON, U. S. Consul at Rio Janeiro.

PROFESSOR ASA GRAY, Cambridge.

O. B. HADWEN, Ex-President of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester.

*CHARLES HENRY HALL, New York.

*ABRAHAM HALSEY, late Corresponding Secretary of the New York Horticultural Society, New York.

*DR. CHARLES C. HAMILTON, late President of the Fruit Growers' Association and International Show Society of Nova Scotia, Canard.

*REV. THADDEUS MASON HARRIS, D. D., Dorchester.
*THADDEUS WILLIAM HARRIS, M. D., Cambridge.

*JOHN HAY, late Architect of the Caledonian Horticultural Society.
*BERNARD HENRY, late U. S. Consul at Gibraltar, Philadelphia.
SHIRLEY HIBBERD, Editor of the Gardener's Magazine, London.
*J. J. HITCHCOCK, Baltimore.

ROBERT HOGG, LL. D., Editor of the Journal of Horticulture, London.
*THOMAS HOGG, New York.

THOMAS HOGG, New York.

J. C. HOLDING, Ex-Treasurer and Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Society, Cape Town, Africa.

REV. S. REYNOLDS HOLE, Caunton Manor, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

FISHER HOLMES, Sheffield, England.

SIR JOSEPH HOOKER, K. C. S. I., Director of the Royal Botanic Garden,

Kew, England.

JOSIAH HOOPES, West Chester, Penn.

PROFESSOR E. N. HORSFORD, Cambridge.

*SANFORD HOWARD, Chicago, Ill.

*DR. WILLIAM M. HOWSLEY, late President of the Kansas State Horticul

tural Society, Leavenworth.

*ISAAC HUNTER, Baltimore, Md.

*ISAAC HURD, Cincinnati, Ohio.

GEORGE HUSMANN, Napa, Cal.

*PROFESSOR ISAAC W. JACKSON, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

*THOMAS P. JAMES, Cambridge.

EDWARD JARVIS, M. D., Dorchester.

J. W. P. JENKS, Middleborough.

WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, M. D., Fort Gaines, Ga.

SAMUEL KNEELAND, M. D., Boston.

*MONS. LAFFAY, St. Cloud, near Paris, France.

*DAVID LANDRETH, late Corresponding Secretary of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Bristol, Pa.

C. C. LANGDON, Mobile, Alabama.

*DR. WILLIAM LEBARON, late State Entomologist, Geneva, Ill.

G. F. B. LEIGHTON, President of the Norfolk Horticultural and Pomological Society, Norfolk, Va.

*E. S. H. LEONARD, M. D., Providence, R. I.

*ANDRÉ LEROY, Author of the Dictionnaire de Pomologie, Angers, France. J. LINDEN, Ghent, Belgium.

HON. GEORGE LUNT, Scituate.

*F. W. MACONDRAY, San Francisco, Cal.

*JAMES J. MAPES, LL. D., Newark, N. J.

*A. MAS, late President of the Horticultural Society, Bourg-en-Bresse, France. DR. MAXWELL T. MASTERS, Editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, London. *James Maury, late U. S. Consul at Liverpool, England.

T. C. MAXWELL, Geneva, N. Y.

*WILLIAM SHARP McLEAY, New York.

*JAMES MCNAB, late Curator of the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. THOMAS MEEHAN, Editor of the Gardener's Monthly, Germantown, Pa. *ALLAN MELVILL, New York.

*JOHN MILLER, M. D., late Secretary of the Horticultural and Agricultural Society of Jamaica.

*STEPHEN MILLS, Flushing, N. Y.

CHARLES M'INTOSH, Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh.

J. E. MITCHELL, Philadelphia.

*GIUSEPPE MONARCHINI, M. D., Canea, Isle of Candia.

ÉDOUARD MORREN, Editor of the Belgique Horticole, Liége, Belgium.

*HORATIO NEWHALL, M. D., Galena, Ill.

*DAVID W. OFFLEY, late U. S. Consular Agent, Smyrna, Turkey.

JAMES OMBROSI, U. S. Consul, Florence, Italy.

*JOHN J. PALMER, New York.

*VICTOR PAQUET, Paris.

*JOHN W. PARKER, late U. S. Consul at Amsterdam, Holland.

*ANDRÉ PARMENTIER, Brooklyn, N. Y.

WILLIAM PAUL, Waltham Cross, London, N.

*SIR JOSEPH Paxton, M. P., Chatsworth, England.

*JOHN L PAYSON, late U. S. Consul at Messina, Sicily.

*COM. MATTHEW C. PERRY, U. S. Navy, Charlestown.

*DAVID PORTER, late U. S. Chargé d'Affaires at the Ottoman Porte, Con

stantinople.

ALFRED STRATTON PRINCE, Flushing, N. Y.

*WILLIAM ROBERT PRINCE, Flushing, N. Y.

P. T. QUINN, Newark, N. J.

REV. RUSHTON RADCLYFFE, London, England. *WILLIAM FOSTER REDDING, Baltimore, Md. D. REDMOND, Ocean Springs, Miss.

DR. S. REYNOLDS, Schenectady, N. Y.

*JOHN H. RICHARDS, M. D., Illinois.

CHARLES V. RILEY, Entomologist to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

*MONS. J. RINZ, JR., Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany.

*THOMAS RIVERS, Sawbridgeworth, Herts, England.

WILLIAM ROBINSON, Editor of The Garden, London.

*BERNHARD ROESER, M. D., Bamberg, Bavaria.

*DR. J. SMYTH ROGERS, New York.

*CAPT. WILLIAM S. ROGERS, U. S. Navy.

*THOMAS ROтсн, Philadelphia.

*GEORGE R. RUSSELL, Roxbury.

JOHN B. RUSSELL, Newmarket, N. J.

*REV. JOHN LEWIS RUSSELL, Salem.

WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. *WILLIAM SHALER, late U. S. Consul-General at Havana, Cuba.

*WILLIAM SHAW, New York.

*CALEB R. SMITH, Burlington, N. J.

*DANIEL D. SMITH, Burlington, N. J.

*GIDEON B. SMITH, late Editor of the American Farmer, Baltimore, Md.

*JOHN JAY SMITH, Germantown, Penn.

*HORATIO SPRAGUE, late U. S. Consul at Gibraltar.

ROBERT W. STARR, Port William, Nova Scotia.

DR. JOSEPH STAYMAN, Leavenworth, Kansas.

*CAPT. THOMAS HOLDUP STEVENS, U. S. Navy, Middletown, Conn.

WILLIAM FOX STRANGEWAY, British Secretary of Legation at Naples, Italy. DR. J. STRENTZEL, Martinez, Cal.

*JUDGE E. B. STRONG, Rochester, N. Y.

*JAMES P. STURGIS, Canton, China.

WILLIAM SUMMER, Pomaria, S. C.

FRANCIS SUMMEREST.

*PROF. MICHELE TENORE, late Director of the Botanic Garden at Naples,

Italy.

*JAMES ENGLEBERT TESCHEMACHER, Boston.

*ROBERT THOMPSON, Chiswick, near London.

*GEORGE C. THORBURN, New York.

PROF. GEORGE THURBER, Editor of the American Agriculturist, New York. *JOHN TILSON, JR., Edwardsville, Illinois.

*CAV. DOCT. VINCENZO TINEO, Director of the Botanic Garden at Palermo. *LUTHER TUCKER, Editor of the Cultivator, Albany, N. Y.

*CAREY TYSO, Wallingford, England.

*LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, Ghent, Belgium.

*ALEXANDER VATTEMARE, Paris.

*EMILIEN DE WAEL, late Secretary of the Horticultural Society, Antwerp, Belgium.

*JOHN A. WARDER, M. D., late President of the Ohio State Horticultural

Society, North Bend.

ANTHONY WATERER, Knapp Hill, near Woking, Surrey, England.

*J. AMBROSE WIGHT, Editor of the Prairie Farmer, Chicago, Ill.

BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, Holloway, London, N.

PROFESSOR JOHN WILSON, Edinburgh University, Scotland.

*WILLIAM WILSON, New York.

*HON. J. F. WINGATE, Bath, Me.

*GEN. JOSHUA WINGATE, Portland, Me.

*JOSEPH AUGUSTUS WINTHROP, Charleston, S. C.

CONTENTS.

PREFATORY NOTE,

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162, 163

BUSINESS MEETING, April 7, 1883; Delegates to the Meeting of the Ameri-
can Pomological Society, p. 161; Standard of Classification of Roses,
161; Appropriations for 1883, 161, 162; Election of Members,
BUSINESS MEETING, May 5; Standard of Classification of Roses, p. 162;
Letter from the Imperial Russian Horticultural Society,
BUSINESS MEETING, June 2; Decease of Parker Barnes announced, p. 163;
Plates of Tuberous Rooted Begonias, 163; Election of Members,
BUSINESS MEETING, July 7; Delegates to the Meeting of the American
Pomological Society, pp. 163, 164; Project of a Grand Horticultural
Exhibition, 164; Election of Members,

BUSINESS MEETING, August 4; Delegate to the Meeting of the American
Pomological Society, p. 165; Decease of Dr. John A. Warder, Lemuel
Clapp, and George Craft announced, 165; Committee on Nominations,
165; Election of Members,

.

BUSINESS MEETING, September 1; Resolutions in Memory of Dr. John A.
Warder, pp. 166, 167; Lemuel Clapp, 167, 168; Parker Barnes, 168, 169;
George Craft, 169; Report of Nominating Committee presented, 169,
170; Declination of C. H. B. Breck and Vote of Thanks, 170; Election
of Members,
BUSINESS MEETING, September 22; Execution of Mortgage authorized,
BUSINESS MEETING, October 6; Annual Election, pp. 171, 173, 174; Appro-
priation for Committee of Arrangements, 171, 172; Committee on Rules
for Exhibitions, 172; Lepidoptera Exhibited, 172; Remarks of Presi-
dent Hayes, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Rev. A. B. Muzzey, and Mrs. H.
L. T. Wolcott, 172, 173; Election of Members,

.

BUSINESS MEETING, November 3; Appropriations for 1884,
BUSINESS MEETING, December 1; Reports of Committees on Plants and
Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, Publication and Discussion, and of
Secretary read, p. 175; Further time granted Committees on Library,
Gardens, and of Arrangements, 175; Award for Exhibition of Lepidop-
tera, 175; List of Prizes for 1884 reported, 175; Report of Committee on
Large and Interesting Trees, 175; Professor Robinson added to Com-
mittee, 175; Improving Nomenclature of Fruits, 175, 176; Member
added to Committee on Rules, 176; Meetings for Discussion announced,
176; Election of Members,

BUSINESS MEETING, December 8; Reports of Committees on Library and
Garden read, p. 176; Schedule of Prizes adopted, 177; Exemption of
Horticultural Societies from Taxation,

163

164

165

170

170, 171

173

174

176

177

MEETING FOR DISCUSSION; Hedge Plants and Hedges, by John J. Thomas,
pp. 177-183; Discussion,
BUSINESS MEETING, December 15; Rules for Exhibitions,

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183-187

187, 188

MEETING FOR DISCUSSION; Greenhouse for an Amateur, by William D.
Philbrick, pp. 188-195; Discussion, .
BUSINESS MEETING, December 22; Report of Committee of Arrangements
read, p. 201; Exemption of Horticultural Societies from Taxation, 201;
Appointment of Treasurer and Secretary,
MEETING FOR DISCUSSION; Carnations and Pansies, .
BUSINESS MEETING, December 29; Decease of Dr. L. E. Berckmans an-

nounced,

MEETING FOR DISCUSSION; Hybrid Perpetual Roses,

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS; Introduction, p. 217; Azalea and Rose Show, 217, 218; Pelargonium Exhibition, 218, 219; Rhododendron Show, 219; Rose and Strawberry Exhibition, 220-222; Annual Exhibition, 222-226; Chrysanthemum Show, 226-228; Miscellaneous Exhibits, 228-233; Prizes and Gratuities awarded, . . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FRUITS, pp. 253-257; Prizes and Gratuities awarded,

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES, pp. 271-275; Prizes and Gratuities awarded, .

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209

210-216

234-252

258-270

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GARDENS; Introduction, p. 285; Pine Hill, the Residence of Hon. Francis B. Hayes, 285, 286; Residence of Benjamin G. Smith,

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION AND DISCUSSION,
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY, pp. 294–296; Library Acces-

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY: Life, pp. 323-329; Annual, 330-333; Honorary,