THE INAUGURAL MEETING. 9 



There has been a notable increase the present year in the amount 

 received from membership fees, about $500 in excess of the pre- 

 ceding year. Thirty-five new life members and one annual mem- 

 ber, and one corresponding member have been added to our list. 



We have lost by death seventeen members and two corresponding 

 members, among whom are several who have been identified with 

 us for many years. Appropriate record of all these deaths will be 

 made in the forthcoming number of the Transactions of the Society. 



I cannot commend too highly the work of the various Committees 

 appointed to carry on the work of the Society, especially the Com- 

 mittees on Prizes and Exhibitions, on Plants and Flowers, on 

 Fruits, and on Vegetables. The Chairmen of these various com- 

 mittees have performed their work with great faithfulness and have 

 been ably assisted by the members. I hope this coming season 

 will be one of great prosperity. The Orchid Show in the Spring 

 promises to be the event in the history of the Society. All the 

 members of the Society must take hold and help this show r along, 

 if for no other reason to back up and support the committee in 

 charge who are laboring unceasingly to make it a great success. 



At the conclusion of his address the President called for the 

 annual reports of the various officers and chairmen of committees 

 which were presented in the following order. 



Report of the Board of Trustees. 



Report of the Finance Committee. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Report of the Secretary and Librarian. 



Report of the Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, Delegate. 



Report of the Committee on Lectures and Publications, William 

 J. Stew-art, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions, John K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers, T. D. Hatfield, 

 Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Fruits, Wilfrid Wheeler, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, J. B. Shurtleft', Jr., 

 Chairman. 



