PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS REPORTS MADE. 7 



of the Treasurer will show a deficit, arising parti}' from the general 

 depression of business, causing a serious reduction in the rents of 

 our halls, and partly from the entire failure of the dividend from 

 Mount Auburn, which was once the main source of our income. 

 Such failure has never happened before, and let us hope that it will 

 not happen again. The reduction of our income is not relatively 

 greater than that of many other institutions, and it is far less than 

 that of some. Meanwhile, we can comfort ourselves with the 

 assurance that we are in a condition to bear it better than any 

 other horticultural society in America, if we but recognize the 

 inevitable fact, and adapt ourselves to it by careful husbanding of 

 the resources which remain. 



The following appropriations, recommended by the Executive 

 Committee, were voted : 



For Prizes for Plants and Flowers, .... $3,000 



" " " Fruits, 1,900 



" " " Vegetables, 1,000 



" " " Gardens, 200 



$6,100 

 For Testimonial to Edward S. Rand, Jr., Ex-Recording 

 Secretary, agreeably' to the report of the Special 

 Committee on that subject, ..... 100 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of magazines 

 and newspapers, binding of books, and incidental 

 expenses of the Committee, .... 300 



For the Conunittee on Publication and Discussion, . . 250 



E. W. Buswell read his Annual Report as Treasurer, including 

 the Report of the Finance Coimnittee, which was accepted and 

 referred to the Committee on Publication. 



William C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee on Publication 

 and Discussion, read the Annual Report of that Conunittee, which 

 was accejited and referred back to the Committee. Messrs. Strong 

 and Muzzey, of the Committee, also announced the arrangements 

 for the Meetings for Discussion, during the winter, including lectures 

 by Prof. George L. Goodale, of Harvard University, who kindly 

 volunteered his services, and several other scientific gentlemen. 



Robert Manning read his Annual Report as Secretary, which 

 was accepted and referred to the Committee on Publication. 



