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Gardens: — Charles W. Parker, Chairman, Arthur F. Barney, 



Arthur H. Fewkes, T. I). Hatfield, William Nicholson, 



J. A. Pettigrew, Wm. P. Rich, Charles Sander, J. B. 



Shurtleff, Jr., Wilfrid Wheeler. 

 Library: — Charles S. Sargent, Chairman, Ernest B. Dane, George 



B. Dorr, Charles S. Minot. 

 Lectures and Publications: — C. W. Hoitt, Chairman, John K. M. 



L. Farquhar, Wm. P. Rich, Edw. B. Wilder. 

 Children's Gardens: — Mrs. Robert G. Shaw, Chairman, Mrs. E. M. 



Gill, Mrs. W. Rodman Peabody, Mrs. Dudley L. 



Pickman, Miss Margaret A. Rand, Mrs. John E. 



Thayer. 



Mr. Farquhar spoke on the subject of the proposed vegetable 

 exhibition for the year 1911 and advocated the holding of such an 

 exhibition to be devoted entirely to exhibits of vegetables. He also, 

 as chairman of the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions, pre- 

 sented a draft of the Schedule for the ensuing year which was 

 accepted and its publication ordered. 



Prof. Sargent presented the following nominations for Corre- 

 sponding Membership: 



Mr. W. J. Bean, Royal Gardens, Kew, England, 

 Prof. U. P. Hedrick, New York Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Geneva, N. Y., 



Mr. John Dunbar, Rochester, N. Y., 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson, London, England, 

 Mr. Wilhelm Miller, Garden City, Long Island, N. Y.; 



and Mr. Parker presented the names of 



Mr. Adin A. Hixon, Worcester, Mass., and J. Ewing Mears, 

 M. D., of Philadephia. 



It was voted to recommend them for election as Corresponding 

 Members at the next meeting of the Society. 



The following named persons were duly elected to membership 

 in the Society: 



