NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 203 



Secretary Milks: I cast the ballot of the Society for 

 the list of officers as reported by the Nominating Committee. 



President Gold : I declare the following' officers duly 

 elected for the ensuing- year : 



President — E. Rogers, of Southington. 

 / r ice-President — George A. Drew, of Greenwich. 

 Secretary — H. C. C. Miles, of Milford. 

 Treasurer — Orrin Gilbert, of Middletown. 



County J 'ice-Presidents : 

 Hartford — L. C. Root, Farmington. 

 New Haven — A. T. Henry, Wallingford. 

 Fairfield — G. C. Comstock, Norwalk. 

 LitcJifield — C. S. Phelps, Salisbury. 

 Middlesex — G. \Y. Spicer, Deep River. 

 New London — W. I. Allyn, Mystic. 

 Windham — E. E. Brown, Pomfret Center. 

 Tolland — J. R. Houston, Mansfield Depot. 



President-elect Rogers was escorted to the stage and 

 President Gold addressing him said : 



"Mr. Rogers, you have been elected President of this So- 

 ciety. I heartily congratulate you, and trust that you may 

 have as much pleasure in conducting the office as I have had. 

 I wish to thank the Society for having honored me, and I cer- 

 tainly have enjoyed the work and reaped much profit from 

 my associations with you and from the work of the Society. 

 I thank you all very heartily for the honor and pleasure which 

 I have had at your hands." 



President Rogers then took the Chair and addressed the 

 Society as follows : 



"Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters, and Mem- 

 bers of the Pomological Society : I hardly know where to 

 begin, although I have been with you as Vice-President I 

 believe, for four years. I would like to say at this time that 

 I appreciate the honor that you bestow upon me. and I thank 

 you for it. But there is one thing that I want at this time and 



