STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 23 



George M. Twitchell, Augusta; discussion of practical work in 

 use of insecticides. 



Thursday Evening — A Practical Nature Talk, Mrs. V. P. 

 DeCoster, Buckfield ; Fruit and Flower Study in its Relation to 

 the Primary Schools, illustrated, Prof. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The following officers were elected for 1903 : 



President — Z. A. Gilbert, North Greene. 



Vice Presidents — D. P. True, Leeds Center ; H. L. Leland, 

 East Sangerville. 



Secretary — ^D. H. Knowlton, Farmington. 



Treasurer — Chas. S. Pope, Manchester. 



Executive Committee — The president and secretary, ex-officio ; 

 R. H. Libbey, Newport; V. P. DeCoster, Buckfield; C. A. 

 Arnold. Arnold. 



Trustees — Androscoggin county, A. C. Day, South Turner; 

 Aroostook, John W. Dudley, Mapleton ; Cumberland, John W. 

 True, New Gloucester ; Franklin, E. F. Purington, Farmington ; 

 Hancock, E. W. Wooster, Hancock; Kennebec, E. A. Lapham, 

 Pittston ; Knox, Alonzo Butler, Union ; Lincoln, H. J. A. Sim- 

 mons, Waldoboro ; Oxford, Lemuel Gurney, Hebron ; Penobscot, 

 A. A. Eastman, Dexter ; Piscataquis, W. E. Leland, East Sanger- 

 ville ; Sagadahoc, Edward L. White, Bowdoinham ; Somerset, 

 F. E. Nowell, Fairfield ; Waldo, F. A. Putnam, Jackson ; Wash- 

 ington, D. W. Campbell, Cherryfield ; York, C. A. Hooper, Eliot. 



Auditor for 1901 and 1902 — Dr. George M. Twitchell, 

 Augusta. 



Member of Experiment Station Council — Chas. S. Pope, Man- 

 chester. 



Mr. C. A. Arnold submitted the following amendment to Sect. 

 I, Art. n of the by-law^s of the society : That the elective mem- 

 bers of the executive committee upon the adoption of this amend- 

 ment be elected one for one year, one for two years, and one for 

 three years, and thereafter one member shall be elected annually 

 for three years. 



Voted, To lay the same on the table for consideration at the 

 next annual meeting. 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed to take into 

 consideration the advisability of awarding some appropriate 



