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Warner and that he be authorized to earn' out the provisions of 

 the decree, and that each side pay its own legal fees. 



The Board confirmed the appointment by the President of Messrs. 

 J. A. Pettigrew, Wm. N. Craig, and Robert Cameron as a committee 

 to represent the Society in the proposed exhibition of the Society 

 of American Florists in 1911. 



Mr. Walter Hunnewell was appointed Treasurer of the Society 

 and Mr. Wm. P. Rich was appointed Secretary, Librarian, and 

 Superintendent of the Building for the current year. 



It was voted that the George Robert White Medal of Honor 

 Fund be invested by the Treasurer with interest at four per cent. 



On motion of Mr. Farquhar it was voted that the board floor 

 of the large exhibition hall be taken up and that the Committee 

 on Prizes and Exhibitions be authorized to relay such portions of 

 space with cement as may be desirable for the Orchid Show of 

 May next. 



On motion of Mr. Farquhar it was voted to authorize the Com- 

 mittee on Prizes and Exhibitions to suspend the publication of the 

 Schedule for 1910 to such an extent as the committee may see fit. 



The following named persons were elected to membership in 

 the Society : 



William C. Rust of Brookline, proposed by J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 

 Mrs. Francis H. Stone of New Bedford, proposed by N. T. 

 Kidder. 



Mrs. George R. Briggs of Plymouth, proposed by N. T. Kidder. 

 Miss Natalie S. Whitwell of Boston, proposed by A. H. Parker. 

 D. Roy Smith of Boston, proposed by H. F. Hall. 



April 5. The President stated that the principal business of 

 this meeting was the consideration of the matter of renovating 

 the interior of the Society's building and asked for an expression 

 of opinion from the members of the Board as to the desirability 

 of the proposed alterations. He said that the present arrangement 

 of the halls was not satisfactory and he thought the time had come 

 when something should be done to remedy the existing defects 

 that the work of the Society might be more satisfactorily carried 

 on and the revenues from rental of the halls increased. 



Mr. Farquhar spoke in favor of remodeling the building and 



