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the women of the United States by her success as an organizer and 

 manager of their garden clubs, by her pubHc addresses and books 

 about gardens, and by the example of her enthusiasm and industry. 

 It was voted that the George Robert White Medal of Honor for 

 the year 1921 be awarded to Mrs. Louisa Yeomans King. 



On motion of Mr. Webster it was voted that the Treasurer be 

 requested to present at each meeting of the Board a financial state- 

 ment covering the receipts, expenses, and appropriations to the 

 date of the meeting. 



On motion of Prof. Sargent Mr. Gurney Wilson, Editor of the 

 Orchid Review, was elected to corresponding membership in the 

 Society. 



Prizes and Exhibitions. 



Thomas Allen, Chairman of the Committee on Prizes and 

 Exhibitions, presented the following report: 



To anyone who reads attentively the published Transactions of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society it must become evident 

 that in the reports of the various officers and committees there is a 

 great deal of duplicate effort and repetition, causing such reports to 

 be unnecessarily voluminous. Largely on account of this condi- 

 tion a committee was appointed to so adjust and amend the exist- 

 ing By-laws of the Society that the duties and functions of officers 

 and committees are now more clearly defined, and as these amend- 

 ments have been accepted by the Society, it is hoped that from this 

 time on the above-mentioned superfluities will be obviated. 



Bearing in mind these facts your Committee on Prizes and 

 Exhibitions makes its report as concise as possible. It has gath- 

 ered together some comparative figures which should be of interest. 



The principal duty of this committee is to prepare a schedule of 

 exhibitions and prizes covering the whole year, of course, under 

 instruction and supervision of the Board of Trustees. In pursu- 

 ance of this duty your committee, after holding several meetings 

 and giving the matter due consideration, issued a pamphlet of 

 fifty-one pages covering the field of this particular phase of the 

 Society's activities. A supplementary schedule of eight pages 

 covering the Spring Bulb Exhibition for March, 1922, has also 



