THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The following persons, having accepted the invitation of the 

 council to become members, were approved and referred to the 

 society by the council for action. 



Life Members 



John Jacob Astor, George Blumenthal, George S. Bowdoin, S. 

 B. Chapin, J. P. Morgan, Jr., Herbert L. Satterlee, W. A. Wads- 

 worth. 



Annual Members 



Miss Mar}' Benson, Wm. Childs, Jr., John D. Crimmins, Bene- 

 dict J. Greenhut, Miss Frances A. L. Haven, Ferdinand Hermann, 

 Gerald L. Hoyt, Miss Gertrude L. Hoyt, Miss Georgine Iselin, 

 Martin R. Jacobus, Morris Kinney, Luther S. Livingston, Morris 

 Loeb, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Mrs. A. Richard, A. F. Troescher, 

 Mrs. Robert E. Westcott. 



Upon motion and carried the secretary was instructed to cast 

 an afHrmative ballot for the election of the above persons. This 

 was done and the parties declared elected. 



Applications for membership from the following persons were 

 approved by the council and referred to the society for action : 



Annual Members 



Francis X. Golly, Robert Koehne, Robert Stobo, A. C. Zvolanek. 



Upon motion and carried the secretary was instructed to cast 

 an affirmative ballot for their election, subject to the payment of 

 the annual dues, in cases where these did not accompany the appli- 

 cation for membership. The ballot was cast and the persons de- 

 clared elected. 



Resignations from the following persons were accepted with 

 regret : Theodore Langdon Van Norden, Mrs. T. Ewing, Jr., 

 Henry H. Negley, Warner Van Norden, H. S. Marlor (to take 

 efifect May 12, 191 1), Thomas M. Carnegie (to take effect May 

 12, 191 1 ), Geo. H. Hunt. 



There being no further business before the meeting, the lecture 

 announced for the day, " Transforming an Old Swamp," was 

 delivered by Mr. George V. Nash, illustrated with many colored 

 slides. The following is an abstract of this lecture : 



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