CONTENTS. 



Business Meeting, May 6, 1876; Present from W. Gray, Jr., p. 3; Election 



of Members, 3; Letter from Dr. Kirtland, .... 

 Business Meeting, June 3; Committee on Gardens, p. 4; Election of 



Members, ......... 



Business Meeting, July 1 ; Decease of L. Van Houtte, 



Business Meeting, August 5; Committee on Nominations, . 



Business Meeting, September 2; Invitations to the Society, i>. 7; Election 



of Members, ........ 



Business Meeting, October 7; Annual Election, pp. 7, 8; Election of 



Members, ......... 



Business Meeting, November 4; Committee for Establishing Prizes, p. 8 



Appropriatioi^ recommended, 8; Testimonial to E. S. Rand, Jr., 8 



Decease of John Eisk Allen, ...... 



Business Meeting, December 2; Prospective Prizes, p. 10; Reports of 



Committees read, ........ 



Business Meeting, December 9; Reports of Executive Committee, p. 11 



Prospective Prizes, 11, 12; Reports of Committees read, . 

 Report OF THE Committee on Plants and Flowers, p. 15; Prizes and 



Gratuities awarded, ....... 



Report of the Committee on Fruits, p. 85; Prizes and Gratuities 



awarded, ......... 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, p. 130; Prizes and Gra 



tuities awarded, ........ 



Report of the Comotttee on Gardens, .... 



Report of the Committee on Publication and Discussion, . 

 Report of the Secretary, ...... 



Report of the Committee op Arrangements, 



Report of the Library Committee, p. 159; Library Accessions, 



Report of the Treasurer, ...... 



Report of the Finance Committee, ..... 



Mount Auburn Cemetery, ...... 



Report of the Committee on the Centennial, 



Officers and Standing Committees for 1877, 



Members of the Society; Honorary, p. 189; Corresponding, 193; For 



Life, 198; Annual, ........ 



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