6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1897. 



five hundred copies of the report, to be mailed to each member 

 as tar as their address may be known, and further discussion 

 deferred until Thursday, January 7, 1897, at 2 o'clock, to 

 which day and hour this meeting was adjourned. 



E. W. LINCOLN, Secretary. 



Annual Meeting of the Trustees called immediately upon the 

 adjournment of the meeting of the Society ; President O. B. 

 Hadwen in the chair. 



The first business was the election of connnittees and judges, 

 a list of which will be found with the officers. 



It was voted to appropriate the following sums for premiums: 



Flowers and Plants, $700 00 



Fruit, 600 00 



Vegetables, 400 00 



with the addition of $300 to be divided between the departments 

 for new features. 



For Library and Publications, . . $250 00 



For Winter Meetings, 250 00 



and Henry L. Parker, James Draper and F. A. Blake were 

 appointed a committee to arrange for the same. 



Also voted, That the judges remain a reasonable length of 

 time after making their awards. 

 Dissolved. 



E. W. LINCOLN, Secretar^j. 



A special meeting of the Trustees was held on Wednesday, 

 December 16, 1896, to take action on the death of Mr. Lincoln. 



President O. B. Hadwen presided, and on motion of Mr. 

 Paine, Mr. A. A, Hixon was elected Secretary 7>ro tern. 



The action of the Trustees at this meeting has already been 

 printed and distributed to the members, so it seems unnecessary 

 to repeat the details at this time. 



The adjournment of the Annual Meeting was held on Thurs- 

 day, January 7, 1897, for the consideration of the revision of 



