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chusetts by an increase in our membership. I cannot urge too 

 strongly upon our members the importance of helping the Trustees 

 to increase the usefulness of the Society by obtaining new members 

 from different parts of the Commonwealth, in order that we may 

 have thousands instead of a thousand members. The fact that one 

 member, who is neither a citizen of greater Boston, nor a Trustee, 

 nor an officer of the Society, has obtained, during the past year 

 twenty-two new members (fourteen life and eight annual), shows 

 that it is possible, with proper inclination and energy to increase 

 our membership. While we have added 51 new members this past 

 year, this seems a small number when it is considered how many 

 people there are who would be willing to become life or annual 

 members if they were only approached in the right way. 



At the conclusion of his address the President called for the 

 annual reports of the officers and chairmen of the various commit- 

 tees for the previous year which were accepted and referred to the 

 Committee on Publications. 



After the business part of the meeting a large audience listened 

 with much interest to an illustrated lecture by E. H. Wilson who 

 described and pictured an account of his sixth journey to the Far 

 East in search of plants for American Gardens. 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



By the Secretary. 



The Trustees have held six meetings during the year 1920 and a 

 summary of the principal matters of business transacted is given 

 herewith. 



January 9. It was voted to accept the offer of x\lbert C. Burrage 

 establishing a fund of $1200 the income of which is to be awarded 

 from time to time in gold medals for the promotion of the cranberry 

 industry in Massachusetts. 



At the April meeting it was voted to award the Society's Special 

 Diploma to the Arnold Arboretum for its exhibit of Japanese azaleas 



