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The George Robert White Medal of Honor for the year 1920 was 

 awarded to Mr. George Forrest of England for his work in the 

 introduction of desirable garden plants from southwest China. 



The Albert Cameron Burrage Medal for the promotion of the 

 cranberry industry in the state was awarded to Dr. Henry J. 

 Franklin of East Wareham on account of a paper on Cape Cod 

 Cranberry Frosts published in the Monthly Weather Review of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, Supplement No. 16, 



Mr. William B. H. Dowse has continued his offer of a handsome 

 silver vase to be awarded to the exhibitor of vegetables obtaining 

 the greatest number of points as arranged in the Schedule of Prizes. 

 It was won this year by the Hillcrest Gardens of Weston. 



The Hillcrest Prizes for the best vegetable gardens in Middlesex 

 County, Massachusetts, cultivated by amateurs, were awarded as 

 follows : 



First, to Mrs. A. L. Hentzi, Waltham, 



Second, to Robert H. Trask, Weston. 



Third to Mrs. Gertrude Hersey, Waltham. 



Miss Marian R. Case, by whom the prizes amounting to $115.00 

 were offered, states that there were forty-two entries for the Hill- 

 crest Prizes, and that it is estimated that more than $4,000.00 worth 

 of garden products were harvested from them. 



With the cooperation of the American Iris Society at the May 

 Exhibition, the American Sweet Pea Society in July, and the 

 American Gladiolus Society in August these exhibitions were of 

 more than ordinarj^ interest. 



A course of six lectures on "Plant Life" was given during Febru- 

 ary, March, and April by Professor W. J. V. Osterhout of Harvard 

 University. 



Part 2 of the Transactions of the Society, the last to be issued 

 under this title, was distributed on May 18. Two numbers of the 

 Bulletin have been issued during the year. Number 3, entitled 

 "Kurume Azaleas" and Number 4, "Horticultural Conference on 

 Quarantine No. 37 Held in New York, June 15, 1920." 



The Library. 



The preparation of the second part of the Catalogue of the 

 Library has been resumed during the year. This part will consist 



