THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



The minutes of the meeting of jNIarch 8, 1911, were read and 

 approved. 



The following persons, having accepted the invitation of the 

 Council, were approved by that body and referred to the society 

 for action : 



Life Members 

 Felix M. Warburg, Abram G. Nesbitt, Louis Marshall, Mrs. 

 J. P. Morgan, Jr., Wm. H. Taylor, C. C. Stillman. 



Annual Members 



:\Iyles Tierney, :^Irs. Chas. B. Rowland, Adolph S. Ochs, M. 

 Orme Wilson, Mrs. Danial Butterfield, Mrs. Katharine Paul, 

 Henry Breunich, David Dows, Mrs. Wm. Combe, Mrs. Emilia 

 K. Hess, C. F. Quincy, Charles E. Seitz, C. A. Tatum, D. D. 

 Allerton. 



The following applications for annual membership were ap- 

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



Charles Rapp, A. Bieschke, P. W. Popp. 



The secretary was instructed to cast an affirmative ballot for 

 their election. This was done and the persons declared elected. 



The resignation of Mr. P. Duff was accepted with regret. 



In reply to a question from the chair in reference to the invi- 

 tations to the American Rose Society and the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America, the secretary replied that the invitation to the 

 former society had been conveyed through Mr. Pierson. Mr. 

 Pierson reported that the Rose Society had decided to hold its 

 meeting in 1912 in a western city. The secretary stated that the 

 invitation to the Chrysanthemum Society had not yet been ex- 

 tended, as it had been necessary to first secure the permission of 

 the authorities at the American Museum before so doing. This 

 had now been obtained. 



The following medals were presented : 



Silver 



To Lager & Hurrell, for a collection of orchids. February 8, 



1911. 

 To J. A. Manda, for Cypripedium Iris. March 8, 1911. 



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