THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



"Section 4. Election of Members. All members of the society, of all 

 classes and designations, shall be elected by the directors by a majority 

 vote of those present at any stated or special meeting of the Comicil. 

 Such vote may be either by ballot or viva voce as the Council may from 

 time to time determine. 



" The chairman or presiding ofificer of any meeting of the Council may 

 appoint a committee of three to act as tellers in case such election shall be 

 by ballot. The result of any election shall be declared by the chairman 

 or presiding officer." 



Add the following as section 5 of said Article I : 



"Section 5. Termination of Membership. Any member of the society 

 who shall continue in arrears for non-payment of dues for two years or 

 more shall ipso facto cease to be a member of the society, unless the 

 Council by a majority vote of those present at anj- stated or special 

 meeting thereof shall otherwise direct." 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY 



February 16, 1916. 



A meeting of the society was held in the East Assembly Room, 

 American Museum of Natural History, at 4 P.M., the president 

 presiding. No business was transacted. 



Mr. Arthur Herrington delivered the lecture announced for 

 the day on " Irises for American Gardens." This was illus- 

 trated with colored lantern slides, and was listened to by an 

 audience which filled the room. Mr. Herrington described the 

 irises which could be grown in our gardens and the methods of 

 cultivating them. It was a practical lecture, presenting the sub- 

 ject in a way which made it applicable to the needs of the man 

 who had his own garden. 



George V. Nash, 



Secretary. 

 March 15, 1916. 



A meeting of the society was held in the East Assembly Room, 

 American Museum of Natural History, at 4 P.M., the president 

 presiding. No business was transacted. 



The lecture announced for the day was delivered by Mr. E. H. 

 Wilson, and was entitled " Plant Hunting in China." Mr. Wil- 



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