THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1921 9 



Mr. Fred J. Chittenden, Wisley Gardens, England. 



M. Jacques de Vilmorin, Paris, France. 



September 8. The President spoke of the death of Mr. John 

 K. M. L. Farquhar since the last meeting of the Board. Mr. 

 Farquhar had been a member of the Board of Trustees for fifteen 

 years and President of the Society in the years 1913, 1914, and 1915. 

 His death is a loss to the Society as well as to the horticultural 

 interests of a much wider range. 



To fill the vacancy existing in the Board on account of the death 

 of Mr. Farquhar Miss Marian R. Case was unanimously elected 

 a Trustee for the remainder of the current year. To fill the vacan- 

 cies existing in the numerous committees of which Mr. Farquhar 

 was a member, Mr. Burrage was appointed a member of the Com- 

 mittee on the George Robert White Medal of Honor; Mr. Wilson 

 on the Committee on the Supervision of the Society's Building; 

 and Mr. Allen on the Advisory Committee. It was voted that the 

 vacancies in the Committee on Lectures and Publications and on 

 Prizes and Exhibitions remain unfilled for the remainder of the year. 



The President offered the following statement: 



Boston, September 8, 1921. 

 Board of Trustees, 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Gentlemen : 



I hereby propose in writing, at your meeting now being held this 

 8th day of September, 1921, which is at least two months before 

 the next annual meeting of the Society, which this year comes on 

 November 19th, the following amendments to the by-laws of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Albert C. Burrage. 



He offered also a list of the proposed amendments which were 

 duly discussed by the members and on motion of Mr. Endicott it 

 was voted to adopt the statement of the President and to approve 

 the amendments to the By-laws as corrected at the meeting. 



It was voted that the Committee on Exhibitions be given full 

 charge of all arrangements for the exhibition of tropical ferns, 

 tropical orchids, and other plants, to be given at Horticultural Hall, 



