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without any conditions as to the use of the income therefrom and 

 that the terms in force since the year 1870 were A'oted by the 

 Society. He therefore recommended the repeal of these terms and 

 to substitute in their place that the income be awarded hereafter 

 in prizes for potatoes of superior quality, preference to be given to 

 new varieties. The report of Mr. Saltonstall was approved and 

 accepted. 



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

 awarded to George Forrest of England for his work in the intro- 

 duction of desirable garden plants from southwest China, and the 

 Albert Cameron Burrage Medal for the promotion of the cranberry 

 industry in Massachusetts was awarded to H. J. Franklin, of East 

 Wareham, on account of his paper on " Cape Cod Cranberry 

 Frosts." 



The special committee appointed to nominate the standing 

 committees of the Society for the year 1921 submitted the following 

 list of nominations which was approved and accepted. 



Standing Committees for 1921. 



Finance: — Walter Hunnewell, Chairman, Richard M. Saltonstall, 



Edwin S. Webster. 

 Membership: — ^ Thomas Allen, Chairman, William C. Endicott, 



Thomas Roland. 

 Prizes and Exhibitions: — Thomas Allen, Chairman, John K. ]M. L. 



Farquhar, Arthur Lyman, Thomas Roland. 

 Plants and Flowers: — Theophilus D. Hatfield, Chairman, Douglas 



Eccleston, S. J. Goddard, Julius Heurlin, William H. 



Judd, Donald McKenzie. 

 Fruits: — Fred A. Smith, Chairman, Walter H. Golby, Isaac H. 



Locke, James Methven, Edw^ard B. Wilder. 

 Vegetables: — William N. Craig, Chairman, Edward Parker, 



William C. Rust, John L. Smith. 

 Gardens: — Albert C. Burrage, Chairman, John S. Ames, George E. 



Barnard, Charles W. Hoitt, Richard ]\L Saltonstall, 



Charles Sander. 

 Library: — Charles S. Sargent, Chairman, Ernest B. Dane, 



Nathaniel T. Kidder. 



