TRANSACTIONS 



1912, PART I. 



INAUGURAL MEETING. 



The Inaugural Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for the year 1912, as required by the By-laws, was held at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday, January 6, at twelve 

 o'clock noon, with Vice-President Hunnewell in the chair. 



The reports of the officers of the Society and of the chair- 

 men of the \arious committees were presented as follow: 



Report of the Board of Trustees, by the Secretary. 



Report of the Treasurer, Walter Hunnewell. 



Report of the Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler. 



Report of the Secretary and Librarian. 



Report of the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions, John A. 

 Pettigrew, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers, T. D. Hatfield, 

 Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Fruits, Edward B. Wilder, Chair- 

 man. 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, Duncan Finlayson, 

 Chairman. 



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

 Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Lectures, Edward B. Wilder, 

 Chairman. 



