THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



Presented May i2th, 192;, 



THE Council reports unusual interest in the Society for the 

 l^ast year, the membership now being 1352 — having had 25 

 deaths during the year, 21 resignations and 20 dropped l)ecause of 

 delinquency in dues — leaving a net gain for the year of 260 mem- 

 bers of which there are 37 Life, 5 Sustaining, i Patron and 263 

 Annuals. 



At a meeting of the Board of Directors on June 21, 1922, in ac- 

 cordance with the Constitution and P)y-laws, officers of the So- 

 ciety were elected as follows : 



President: T. A. Havemeyer 



Vice-Presidents: N. L. Britton 



J. W. Cromwell 

 E. B. South wick- 

 Honorary Vice-Presidents: E. S. Harkness 



Adolph Lewisohn 

 George N. Miller 

 Clement Moore 

 George T. Powell 



Chairman of the Board: F. R. Pierson 



Treasurer : F. R. Newbold 



Secretary: Mrs. Arthur W. liutler 



Executive Secretary: Mrs. Elizal)eth T'eterson 



The Board of Directors have held monthly meetings at the office 

 of the Society, 598 Madison Avenue, with the exception of July 

 and August when a recess was called for these months. 



The following lectures were given at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, 77th Street and Central Park West : 



November 9th, 1922 — The Way to the Good Small Garden- 

 By Mr. Fletcher Steele. 

 December 14th, 1922 — Country Places of Old New York — ■ 



By Mr. Richard Schermerhorn, Jr. 

 January nth, 1923 — The Rose in America— By Mr. J. PTor- 

 ace McFarland. 



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