THE INAUGURAL MEETING. 9 



Report of the Committee on Gardens, by Charles W. Parker, 

 Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Lectures and Publications, by Wil- 

 liam J. Stewart, Chairman. 



The reports as presented were accepted and referred to the 

 Committee on Publications. 



The following named persons, duly recommended by the Board 

 of Trustees, were elected Corresponding Members of the Society: 



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



' John Dunbar, Park Department, Rochester, New York. 



" E. H. Wilson, London, England. 



" Adin A. Hixon, Worcester, Massachusetts. 



" Wilhelm Miller, Garden City, Long Island, New York. 

 J. Ewing Mears, M. D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

 Prof. U. P. Hedrick, Geneva, New York. 



" John Craig, Ithaca, New York. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



William P. Rich, 



Secretary. 



