THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



Sturgis, F. K. Westcott, Mrs. Robert E. 



Trevor, Mrs. J. B. Wood, Mrs. Cynthia A. 



Troescher, A. F. Zvolanek, A. C. 



By Resignation or Death 



Craw, Lyman B. (Deceased) Hunt, George 



Ewing, Mrs. Thos., Jr. Negley, Henry H. 



Hodenpyl, Anton G. Van Norden, Theodore Lang- 



Holbrook, J. S. don 



Hudson, C. I. Van Norden, \\'arner 



GROW^TH OF THE SOCIETY. 



The total membership of the society is now 265, (Hvidcd as 

 follows: Patrons, i; Life, 41; Annual, 223. 



A campaign for new members has been actively carried on 

 during the past summer and fall. Invitations to membership 

 were sent out to a list of selected names, with the result that 69 

 of those approached accepted the invitation extended by the 

 Council, 15 of them becoming life and 54 annual members. At the 

 time of the annual meeting in May, 1909, the entire membership 

 was 180, thus showing a net gain since that time of 85 members, 

 or over 47 per cent. This gain is very encouraging, but a much 

 larger membership is needed to place the society in a financial 

 position to accomplish the work it desires. Its exhibitions are 

 entirely free, no charge being made for admission, so that all 

 the funds of the society to carry on its work must be derived 

 from its membership. 



The constitution, which will be found on pages 69-71 of this 

 Journal, provides that all fees received from patrons and life 

 members shall constitute a permanent fund, only the interest of 

 which may be expended. To safeguard the interests of the 

 society, on June 11, 1902, the following resolution was adopted: 



EfESOLVEn: That the interest of the permanent fund be added to 

 the principal until a sum of not less than 5^10,000.00 has been 

 obtained. 



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