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Vegetables: — Duncan Finlayson, Chairman, Win. N. Craig, 



Edward Parker. 

 Gardens : — Charles W. Parker, Chairman, Jackson Dawson, 



Arthur H. Fewkes, Thomas J. Grey, T. D. Hatfield, 



William Nicholson, William P. Rich, David F. Roy, 



Charles Sander, William Thatcher, Wilfrid Wheeler. 

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



B. Dorr, Charles S. Minot. 

 Lectures and Publications : — William J. Stewart, Chairman, 



Robert Cameron, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Edward B. 



Wilder. 

 Children's Gardens: — Henry Saxton Adams, Chairman, Joseph 



Clark, Harry S. Rand, William P. Rich, B. Hammond 



Tracy, James Wheeler. 



It was voted, on motion of Mr. Farquhar, that the list as pre- 

 sented by the committee on nominations be accepted and adopted. 



Prof. Sargent, for the special committee on the award of the 

 George Robert White Medal of Honor for the year 1911, reported 

 the name of Victor Lemoine of Nancy, France. The report of 

 this committee was accepted and it was voted to award the George 

 Robert White Medal of Honor for the current year to Victor 

 Lemoine of Nancy, France, in recognition of his eminent service 

 in the inteiest of horticulture. 



Prof. Sargent called attention to the deficiency of books on 

 landscape gardening in the library and on his motion a special 

 appropriation of S200.00 was voted for the purchase of books 

 for this department of the library. 



On motion of Mr. Kidder it was voted to add Mr. Saltonstall 

 to the special committee on the proposed amendment to the By- 

 laws relating to life membership; and it was further voted that 

 this committee consider and report on the advisability of any other 

 amendments. 



Mr. Craig called attention to the work of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston which meets once a month in Horti- 

 cultural Hall. He said that much inconvenience had been ex- 

 perienced through the rental of the Hall for other purposes on the 

 evenings of the club meetings and asked that the use of the Lecture 

 Hall be reserved for the club on regular dates. 



