THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The premiums offered in the exhibitions held at the New York 

 Botanical Garden were from the income of the William R. Sands 

 Fund of that institution. 



There were eleven meetings of the Board of Directors, as fol- 

 lows : May 13, May 20, June 24, August 19, September 23, No- 

 vember 10, December 11, January 13, February 17, March 16, 

 and April 17. 



The Journal has been issued quarterly, as follows : Volume 

 II, no. 9, May, 1916, 12 pages and 4 plates; no. 10, August, 20 

 pages ; no. 11, November, 12 pages and 4 plates ; no. 12, February, 

 191 7, 12 pages and 3 plates; total, 56 pages and 11 plates. 



At a meeting of the Board of Directors held April 17, 1917, 

 the following resolution was passed : 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed with power to formu- 

 late plans for the creation of a fund for the purchase of fruit 

 trees, and for the transmission of such fund to France. 



The chairman appointed the following committee : N. L. Brit- 

 ton, chairman, F. R. Newbold and T. A. Havemeyer. 



A list of the membership and the report of the treasurer are 

 appended to this report. 



F. R. PiERSON, Chairman 



George V. Nash, Secretary 



TREASURER'S STATEMENT 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 12, 1917 

 Permanent Fund 



Permanent account $ 6.15 Balance May 13, 1916 $16,341.21 



Poughkeepsie Sav. Bank Less loan paid 208.63 



account no. I 2,719.02 Balance $i6Ti32!^58 



Poughkeepsie Sav. Bank Life memberships 950.00 



account no. 2 574-32 Interest 887.85 



Poughkeepsie Sav. Bank International Flower Shovir 



account on. 3 1,295.60 1^15^ „et profit 5,035.16 



6 bonds Am. Can Co. 5%. 6,005.00 



5 bonds B. R. & P. 45^%. 5,000.00 



6 bonds 111. Steel 4^%... 5,457-So 



$21,057.59 

 Cash balance on hand 1,948.00 



$23,005.59 $23,005.59 



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