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high standard to warrant the award of said Medal of Honor the income 

 of the Fund for that year shall be added to the principal of the Fund. 



3d. While the medal is intended principally to recognize work done by 

 a resident of the United States in advancing the interest in horticulture 

 it may be awarded from time to time to a person, commercial firm, or 

 institution of some foreign country the results of whose work in horti- 

 culture may be of direct benefit to the interests of horticulture in the 

 United States. 



4th. The Medal shall be awarded but once to the same person, firm, 

 or institution. 



5th. I hereby withdraw my previous offer in regard to a button to be 

 given with the Medal. 



(Signed) Geo. R. White. 



Oh motion of Prof. Sargent it was voted to accept the gift of 

 Mr. White together with the additional conditions in regard to the 

 award of the Medal. 



It was voted also to appoint a special committee to report a can- 

 didate for the award of the Medal for the present year; the same 

 committee to have authority to consider the aw r ard for the year 1911. 

 The President appointed as this committee Messrs. Sargent, Far- 

 cmhar, and Roland. 



The special committee on nomination of Standing Committees 

 for the year 1911 submitted a report which after some modifica- 

 tion was accepted as follow r s: 



Standing Committees for 1911. 



Finance: — Walter Hunnewell, Chairman, Arthur F. Estabrook, 



Stephen M. Weld. 

 Prizes and Exhibitions : — John A. Pettigrew, Chairman, Robert 



Cameron, William N. Craig, John K. M. L. Farquhar, 



J. Willard Hill, M. A. Patten. 

 Plants and Flowers: — T. D. Hatfield, Chairman, Joseph Clark, 



Arthur H. Fewkes, Peter Fisher, Thomas Roland, 



William C. Rust. 

 Fruits: — Edward B. Wilder, Chairman, William Downs, Wilfrid 



Wheeler. 

 Vegetables: — Duncan Finlayson, Chairman, Vincent Buitta, Wil- 

 liam N. Craig, Edward Parker, Herbert W. Rawson. 



