PROSPECTIVE PRIZES, ETC. 11 



J. II, Woodford, Chairman of the Committee on (Jardens. read 

 the Annual Report of that Committee. 



Benjamin (J. Smith, of the Connnittee on Fruits, read tlie Annual 

 Report of that Committee. 



C. H. B. Breck, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, 

 read the Report of that Committee. 



Charles N. Brackett, Chairman of the Committee on ^>getal>les, 

 read the Annual Report of that Committee. 



These reports were severally accepted and referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Publication. 



Adjourned to Saturday, December 9. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 9, 187G, 



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

 President Parkman in the chair. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, re- 

 ported the Schedule of Prizes for 1877, with the approval of the 

 Committee. 



Also, in regard to the subject referred to the Committee at the 

 last meeting of the Society, reported that it would be for the interest 

 of the Society that the strictest construction be placed upon the 

 words " a public trial," and that any product offered for a Prospec- 

 tive Prize should have been tested by the public. 



W. C. Strong moved that the report be accepted and laid on the 

 table. The motion was seconded by C. M. Hovey, with the under- 

 standing that the construction reported by the Executive Committee 

 apply to the awards concerning which the question had arisen. 



E. S. Rand, Jr. made a personal explanation of his position with 

 regard to the Prospective Prize awarded to him. 



Mr. Strong declined to accept Mr. Hovey's amendment, and after 

 some remarks by J. B. Moore, J. G. Barker, and W. C. Strong, 

 the amendment was withdrawn, and Mr. Strong's motion was unani- 

 mously passed. 



It was then voted to take up the question of confirming the 

 award of Prospective Prizes, by the Committee on Flowers. 



