THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



Annual 

 W. S. Montgomery. 



The following persons applied for membership, were approved 

 by the Council, and referred to the society for action : 



Annual 



Herman Komitsch, Robert T. Brown, Thos. Rolley. 



The secretary was instructed to cast an afifirmative ballot for 

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



A letter from Mr. Chas. W. Johnson, secretary of the Chrysan- ■ 

 themum Society of America, dated June 5, 1911, was read. This 

 was in reply to a letter of the secretary extending the invitation 

 of this society to meet with us in the fall of 1912. Mr. Johnson 

 said he would bring the matter before the society at its next 

 meeting, to be held in St. Louis this fall. 



The question of electing a delegate to represent the society on 

 the Council of the Academy of Sciences was brought before the 

 meeting. Dr. N. L. Britton was elected such delegate, to succeed 

 himself. 



There being no further business before the meeting, adjourn- 

 ment was taken at 3 145. 



George V. Nash, 



Secretary. 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 

 THE COUNCIL 



Presented May 10, 1911 



The society has now completed its eleventh year, and the 

 ninth of its corporate existence. The year just passed has been 

 the most successful of any in the history of the society, not only in 

 its own growth but in its usefulness, as the details given below 

 will make evident. 



It has always been the policy of the society to reach the public 

 largely through its flower exhibitions. In the past there has 

 rarely been more than three of these held during the course of a 



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