THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



November, December, January, February, March and April. 

 Special meetings of the Society may be called at any time by 

 order of the president or chairman of the council and must also 

 be called at the written request of any ten members, notice of 

 such proposed meeting being sent by mail to each member of the 

 Society at least three days in advance of the meeting ; such notice 

 of special meeting shall specify generally the business which is 

 the subject of that meeting and none other than that shall be 

 transacted. The council shall meet on the same day in advance 

 of the meeting of the Society and may adjourn to any such time 

 as it may see fit. Special meetings of the council may be held 

 at any time on the call of the chairman of the council. 



10. The annual meeting shall be held on the second Wednesday 

 in May. A quorum of the Society for the transaction of busi- 

 ness shall consist of twenty-five members. 



11. Amendments to the constitution may be made by a ma- 

 jority vote of the annual meeting of the Society on the recom- 

 mendation of a two-thirds vote of the members of the council 

 present at any stated meeting, fifteen days' notice thereof having 

 been sfiven. 



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