REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1920 11 



at the March Exhibition and also to Albert C. Burrage for his 

 exhibit of orchids at the same show. 



At the May meeting it was voted to hold a grand exhibition of 

 roses and other plants in April, 1921, and an appropriation of $6000 

 was made for prizes. 



Other votes adopted were as follows : 



That money prizes be offered during the year 1921 onlj^ at four 



exliibitions. 

 That the Librarian be authorized to print Part 2 of the Catalogue of 



the Library. 

 That the President appoint a special committee to revise the By- 

 laws of the Society in order to establish more clearly the functions 

 of the different committees and to report to the Board such changes 

 as may be desirable. 



At the October meeting it was voted to invite the American Rose 

 Society, the American Peony Society, and the New England Gladio- 

 lus Society to hold their annual meetings and exhibitions of 1921 

 in connection with the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



At this meeting attention was called to the work of the Committee 

 on Horticultural Quarantine and the necessity of raising a fund for 

 its expenses. The object of this committee is to endeavor to secure 

 some modification of the drastic regulations of Quarantine No. 37 

 which was discouraging the interest in horticulture and blocking- 

 its progress. An appropriation of $2000 was voted for this purpose. 

 An appropriation of $1000, in addition to the income of the special 

 prize funds of the Society, was made for four additional exhibitions 

 during the year 1921. 



At the December meeting Mr. Saltonstall reported on the matter 

 of several of the special prize funds of the Society, the terms of 

 which had become impracticable to fulfil in recent years. He had 

 thus far been able by legal procedure to obtain modification of the 

 Henry A. Gane Memorial Fund so that in future the income may be 

 paid in prizes for chrysanthemums, preference to be given to varie- 

 ties originated by the late Henry A. Gane. Also he had found that 

 the Levi "VYhitcomb Bequest was originally given to the Society 



