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also a message from Professor Osborn to Mr. Havemeyer, desiring his 

 congratulations and appreciation to be extended to the Board of Directors 

 of this Society on the success of the show and the pleasure given to him and 

 his trustees. 



The Secretary was requested to reply to Mrs. Osborn's letter, a;ccepting 

 the offer, and Mr. Havemeyer was requested to express to Professor Osborn 

 the thanks and appreciation of our Board. 



A recommendation from the Exhibition Committee to the Board of Di- 

 rectors was then read covering the request for a new medal. The chair 

 appointed Mr. Wm. A. Delano, Mrs. Harold I. Pratt and Mrs. Robert C. 

 Hill a committee of three to submit a new design for this medal, and if 

 possible to have something ready for the next meeting. 



It was resolved that Mr. Rudolph Roehrs be appointed to take the place 

 of his brother, the late Julius Roehrs, on the International Flower Show- 

 Committee. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING, DECEMBER 12, 1923 

 (Mr. F. R. Piersox, Chairman of the Board, Presiding) 



Elected as Annual Members: Miss Elizabeth K. Lamont, Mrs. F. R. 

 Kellogg, Mr. E. Beckett, Miss Julia Wray, Mrs. Thomas Thacher, Mrs. 

 P. N. Guthrie, Jr., Dr. Philip Van Ingen, Mrs. Helen Orr English, Mr. 

 Adam Zobei, Mr. Sterling Postley, Mrs. Edwin W. Preston, Mrs. Percy 

 H. Williams, Mrs. Francis McNeil Bacon, Mrs. Henry Bartol, Mr. Willard 

 A. Fox, Mrs. Howard S. Borden, Miss Sarah Clephane, Mrs. Park M. 

 Woolley, Mrs. Henrietta M. Pope, Mrs. William L. Pierce, Jr., Mr. B. A. 

 Cushman. 



Elected as Life Member: Mrs. Charles B. Alexander. 



Resolved that a letter be written to Mr. Miller, President of the Borough 

 of Manhattan, protesting against the continuation of Sixth Avenue through 

 Central Park as this Society is opposed to any further infringement of our 

 parks. 



The Chair announced that Mr. W. A. Manda accepts. his appointment to 

 the International Flower Show Committee of 1924. 



Resolved that the Society reaffiliate itself with the New York Federation 

 of Horticultural and Floral Societies at the rate of $25.00 per year. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING, JANUARY 9, 1924 

 (Mr. F. R. Pierson, Chairman of the Board, Presiding) 



Elected as Life Member: Mrs. Cooper Hewitt. 



Elected as Annual Members: Mr. George Ferguson, Mr. James Bryant 

 Roy, Mrs. Roswell Eldridge. 



Mr. Leonard Barron was elected to take the place of Mrs. Samuel Sloan as 

 chairman of the lecture committee with power to appoint his own cornmittee. 



Resolved, That the Journal be issued twice a year, thereby increasing the 

 size of the volume and at the same time improving and making it a much 

 more valuable asset, the next issue to be as of July, 1924. 



A letter was read from Mrs. Samuel Sloan, conveying the approval of 

 her Board in the cooperation of the Garden Club of America in our lecture 

 course for next year. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING, FEBRUARY 13. 1924 

 (Mr. F. R. Pierson, Chairman of the Board, Presiding) 



Elected as Life Members: Mrs. Frederic G. Goodridge, Mrs. Lyman 

 Delano, Mr. Martin R. Jacobus. 



Elected as Annual Members: Mrs. John B. Bird, Mrs. John W. Paris, 



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