THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YCRK 



EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE SOCIETY 



DIRECTORS' MEETING, APRIL ii, 1923 

 F. R. PiERSON, Chairman of the Board, Presiding. 



The following members were elected : 



Annual : Mrs. Henry O. Taylor, Mrs. J. O. Ayer, Mrs. J. E. Coyle, 

 Mr. Henry K. Goetchius. 



Resolved: (Moved by Mr. Cromwell), that we investigate the prac- 

 ticability of ornamentation of the grounds in front of the American Museum 

 of Natural History by the members of The Horticultural Society of New 

 York. The Chairman appointed Mr. Cromwell, Mrs. Sloan and Dr. South- 

 wick to confer with the Museum authorities to see what can be done in 

 this direction. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING, MAY 12, 1923 

 F. R. PiERSON, Chairman of the Board, Presiding. 



The following members were elected : 



Annual: Miss C. B. Neely, Mrs. E. J. Port, Mr. Henry J. Eckstein, Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward, Mr. O. S. Reimold, Mr. Francis Guerrlich, Mrs. Schieffelin 

 Coleman, Mr. Henry Goddard Leach, Mr. James Flartig, Mr. M. M. Lisso. 



Transferred from Annual to Life: Mrs. W. Redmond Cross, Miss 

 Edith Newbold. 



Resignation, accepted with regret: Mr. Lawrence G. White. 



Resolved: That Mr. Leonard Barron be requested to submit plan by 

 which we may cooperate with the National Wild Flower Committee next 

 spring, under the leadership of Mrs. N. Britton of the New York Chapter, 



Resolved : That owing to the increase in expense of all the activities of 

 the Society, the Board of Directors recommend to the Society at its An- 

 nual Meeting the amendment of Article VII of the Constitution to read as 

 follows : "Each Annual member shall pay to the Treasurer annually the 

 sum of $10.00. Members may become Life members by paying $100.00 at 

 any pne tipie. 



PIRECTORS' MEETING. JUNE 13, 1923 



Transferred from Annual to Life Membership: Mrs. Charles Stout, 

 Mrs. R. Horace Gallatin, Miss Ethelyn McKinney, Mr. Harbeck Mills. Jr., 

 Miss Caroline L. Mufgan, M'r, C, W. Scott, Miss Mary R. Cross. Miss 

 Theodora Wilbour, Mrs. P. S. duPont, Mrs. G. Lister Carlisle, Jr., Mrs, 

 Walter P. Bliss, Mr. Wallace R. Pierson, Miss Elizabeth S. Hoyt, Mr, 

 Roman J. Irwin, Mr, William J. Matheson, Mr. Clement Moore, Mrs. 

 Isaac Untermver, Mr. Courtney Hyde, Mrs. Edward Holbrook, Mrs. John 

 Gribbel. Mrs. Robert C. Black, Mr. Thomas Smidt, Mr. L. H. Somers, 

 Miss Georgine Iselin, Mrs. A. Murray Young, Mrs. Walter Brewster, Mrs. 

 Hamilton F. Kean, Miss Mary R. Jay, Mrs. Robert Cade Wilson, Mr. 

 Alfred W. Jenkins, Mrs. S. Van R. Crosb.v, Mrs. Wilh'am R. Mercer, Mr. 

 J. E. Spingarn, Mr. Max Eisman, Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, Mr. Joseph 

 Stroock, Mrs. H. I. Brightman, Mrs. William M. T ybrand, Mrs. R. de L. 

 Mayer, Mrs. Charles W. McKelvey, Mr. Albert Keller, Mr. Seth L. Pierre- 

 nont, Mrs. S. A. Thompson. Mrs. J. R. Strong, Mrs. John H. Love, Mrs. 

 Ruger Donoho. Miss Maude Wetmore, Mrs. Frederick M Taylor, Mr. 

 William I Walker, -Miss Florence L. Pond, Mrs. Theodore Boettger. Miss 

 Anna P. Livingston, Mrs. Reinhard Siedenburg, Mrs. R. G. Hazard, Mr. 

 Charles A. Wimpfheimer, Mrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt. 



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