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several meetings, and a very full and careful considera- 

 tion of the whole subject, reported to the committee 

 of conference a plan for the settlement of all questions 

 and controversies, which was unanimously adopted by 

 the full committee, and by them reported to the Society 

 on the 4th of December. This report was accepted, 

 and Messrs. Rand and Wilder were appointed to carry 

 the same into effect. This was done by an indenture 

 between the two parties, which was read at a meeting 

 of the Horticultural Society on the 18th of December, 

 and, having been approved by the Society, was executed 

 on the same day, and two days later was accepted and 

 adopted by the Trustees of Mount Auburn. 



Some difficulties having arisen in regard to the 

 construction of the provisions of the fifth article of this 

 indenture, and the carrying into effect, it was deemed 

 for the interest of the parties concerned that some ex- 

 planation of it should be made. This was done by a 

 supplementary indenture dated January 1, 1869. 1 



Since these adjustments, the course of the two corpo- 

 rations has flowed on smoothly, with little to call for 

 notice here ; but there are two transactions mentioned 

 in the records of the Society which should not be 

 omitted. After the completion of the second Horti- 

 cultural Hall, application was made on the 3d of Febru- 

 ary, 1866, by Dr. Bigelow, in behalf of the Trustees of 

 Mount Auburn, for the use of a room or hall in the 

 building, wherein to hold the annual meeting of the 

 corporation. The Society voted, that our relations with 

 Dr. Bigelow and the Trustees of Mount Auburn being 

 of the most friendly character, and desiring to continue 

 and cultivate this friendly intercourse and mutual regard, 



1 For these indentures see Appendix F. 



