The following are the officers of this Society for the present year:

President - JOSEPH S. CABOT.

Vice President - Benj. V. French, Cheever Newhall, Edward M. Richards, Josiah Stiokney.

Treasurer - Wm. R. Austin.

Corresponding Secretary - Eben. Wight.

Recording Secretary - W. C. Strong.

Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology - John Lewis Russell.

Professor of Entomology - T. W. Harris.

Professor of Horticultural Chemistry - E. N. Horsford.

Standing Committer

On Fruits

E. Wight, Chairman; J. Lovett, C. M. Hovey, W. R. Austio, F. L. Winship, W. C. Strong, Joseph Breck.

On Fioreers

J. Breck, Chairman; A. McLennan, E. A. Story, T. Page, A. Bowditch, G. Evarts, F. Burr.

On Vegetables

H. Bradlee, Chairman; D. T. Curtis, A. C. Bowditch, G. E. White, A. W. Stetson.

On Library

C. M. Hovey, Chairman; H. W. Dutton, W. R. King, A. R. Pope, R. M. Cope-land, Librarian.

On Synonyms Of Fruit

M. P. Wilder, Chairman; P. B. Hovey, R. Manning, S. Walker, E. Wight.

Executive Committee

J. S. Cabot, Chairman; W. R. Austin, M. P. Wilder, S. Walker, P. B. Hovey.

For Establishing Premiums

Eben. Wight, Chairman; J. Breck, H. Bradlee, Josiah Lovett, P. B. Hovey.

On Finance

M. P. Wilder, Chairman; J. Stickney, 0. Johnson.

On Publications

E. Wight, Chairman; J. Lovett, J. Breck, H. Bradlee, C. M. Hovey, W. C. Strong, F. L. Winship.

On Gardens

J. S. Cabot, Chairman; E. Wight, J. Lovett, S. Walker, J. F. Allen.

ENTRANCE FRONT.

SEA FRONT.

Downing & Vaux, Architects. Newburgb, 1852

Massachusetts Horticultural Society #1

The following premiums were awarded by the Committee on Gardens, for 1853:

To Benj. V. French, for the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept fruit garden, $25. To John D. Bates, for the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most neatly kept grounds, $20. To M. H. Simpson, for the best managed, most economically conducted, and well kept grapery, $20. To W. C. Strong,for the same, $20. To Winshlp & Co., for their fruit and other gardens, for neatness, economical management, and good cultivation, $25. To Hovey & Co., for the best managed, most economically conducted, and well kept greenhouse, $20.