This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
In our notice of the meeting of this society, last month, the list of officers elected, as well as the notice of Mr. Buist's resolution, were not given. We copy the annexed from the Genesee Farmer;
The following is a list of the officers chosen:
President - Marshall P. Wilder, of Mass. Vice Presidents - One from nearly every State and Territory, including the Canadas, California and Oregon.
Secretaries - F. R. Elliot, of Ohio; James H. Watts, of New-York; H. W. S. Cleveland, of New Jersey.
Treasurer - Thos. P. James. Philadelphia.
Executive Committee - Dr. W. D. Brinkle, of Philadelphia ; B. V. French, of Massachusetts; Mr. Peters, Dr. H. Wendell, Albany, N. Y.; Dr. J. A. Warder. Cincinnati; and the President, and 1st Vice President ex-officio.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Robert Buist, and adopted, appointing a committee to raise a fund of $20,000 or more, in subscriptions of $1 and upwards, to be invested for the benefit of the widow of the late Mr. Downing, or to be expended otherwise in some fitting monument to his memory. The President, Robert Buist, Caleb Cope, H. W. S. Cleveland, B. Hodge, F. R. Elliot, L. Young, D. W. Breck-enridge and J. A. Kennicott, constitute such committee.
 
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