THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



Presented May ioth, 1924, 



THE Council reports a very successful year for the Society, 

 the membership now being 1,401, having had 14 deaths dur- 

 ing the year, 91 resignations and 32 dropped for delinquency in 

 dues, leaving a net gain for the year of 151 members, of which 

 97 are Life, 4 Sustaining and 50 Annual. 



At a meeting of the Board of Directors on June 13, 1923, in 

 accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws, officers of the 

 Society were elected as follows : 



President: T. A. Havemeyer. 



Vice-Presidents: N. L. Britton, J. W. Cromwell, W. B. 

 Thompson. 



Honorary Vice-Presidents: E. S. Harkness, Adolph Lewisohn, 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, Clement Moore, G. T. Powell. 



Chairman Board of Directors: F. R. Pierson. 



Treasurer: F. R. Newbold. 



Executive Secretary: Mrs.' Elizabeth Peterson. 



Exhibition Committee: James Stuart, with power to name his 

 own committee. 



Finance Committee: T. A. Havemeyer, F. R. Newbold, F. R. 

 Pierson. 



Lecture Committee: Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Mrs. Robert C. Hill, 

 Leonard Barron. 



Journal Committee: Leonard Barron, E. B. Southwick, Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Peterson. 



Library Committee: Mrs. Robert C. Hill, Mrs. Samuel Sloan, 

 Henry F. duPont. 



At a meeting of the Directors on October 17th, 1923, Mr. 

 Frederic R. Newbold was unanimously elected secretary of the 

 Society. 



The Board of Directors have held monthly meetings at the office, 

 598 Madison Avenue, with the exception of July, August and 

 September when a recess was called for these months. 



