120 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 3, 1878. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 President Gray in the chair. 



The Secretary presented a communication from the United 

 States Commissioner of Agriculture, inquiring as to the cause of the 

 grape rot. On motion it was voted that the communication be 

 referred to the Fruit Committee. 



Agreeabl}' to the Constitution and By-Laws, the President 

 appointed the following named members a Committee to nominate 

 suitable candidates for the various offices of the Societ}^ for the 

 ensuing year: C. O. Whitmore, W. C. Strong, C. H. B. Breck, 

 C. N. Brackett, J. D. W. French, A. B. Muzzey, and E. W. Wood. 



Alexander Anderson, of Ilingham, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee, was, on 

 ballot, duly elected a Life Member of the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September 7. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, September 7, 1878. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 Vice President CO. Whitmore in the chair. 



The Chairman presented the report of the Nominating Committee, 

 which was read by the Secretary. 



Marshall P. Wilder announced the decease, since the last meet- 

 ing, of William R. Austin, long an officer of the Societ}^, and an 

 experienced cultivator, and moved that a committee of three be 

 appointed to prepare memorial resolutions. The Chair appointed 

 as that Committee, Charles M. Hovey, Marshall P. Wilder, and 

 William C. Strong. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



