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1910, PART II. 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 



YEAR 1910. 



The Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society presents herewith a report of the various items of business 

 acted upon at its sessions during the year 1910. 



There have been held eight meetings with an average attendance 

 of nine members. 



January 1. The following communication from George R. 

 White, Esq., was presented - 



Boston, November 27, 1909. 

 The Trustees of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Gentlemen : 



I have long thought that there is an opportunity for broadening the 

 field of influence of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and of ex- 

 tending the interest in its work if some suitable recognition were made of 

 those persons who have accomplished important results in horticulture. 

 The award to be made independently of or in addition to any prizes or 

 certificates of merit that may be bestowed by the Society in the course 

 of its regular schedule of premiums. 



I therefore offer to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society the sum of 

 two thousand five hundred dollars to be securely invested as a permanent 

 fund and the income thereof to be devoted annually for the specific purpose 

 of providing a substantial gold medal to be awarded by the executive 



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