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had not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance, he had had much 

 correspondence with M, Van Houtte, and his letters were extremely 

 interesting. Of late jeavs he had given special attention to raising 

 new varieties of gesneraceous plants, having acres of seedling 

 gloxinias, of which he did not expect more than one in a thousand, 

 or even one in ten thousand, to be of value. The last letter received 

 from him hy Mr. Eand, about two months previous, gave no pre- 

 monition of his approaching end. He was one of the judges at the 

 International Horticultural Exhibition which opened at Brussels on 

 the 30th of April, and, though in ill health, performed the duties of 

 that office. Mr. Eand concluded by presenting to the Society a 

 copy of the addresses delivered at the funeral of M. Van Houtte. 



The resolutions were unanimously passed. 



Adjourned to ^Saturday, August 5. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 5, 1876. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock. 

 President Parkman in the chair. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and Bj'-Laws, the President ap- 

 pointed the following named gentlemen a committee to nominate 

 suitable candidates for the various offices of the Society : Wilham 

 C. Strong, Chairman, C. O. Whitmore, John G. Barker, John C. 

 Hovey, C. M. Atkinson, J. H. Woodford, Waldo O. Ross. 



Amos Stone, of Everett, 

 was duly elected a member of the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September 2. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, September 2, 187G. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock. 

 The President and Vice Presidents being absent, Charles M. 

 Hovey was chosen President, pro tern. 



