TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



1912, PART II. 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 

 YEAR 1912. 



The Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society presents herewith a summary of the business transacted 

 at its meetings during the year 1912. Five meetings have been 

 held with an average attendance of nine members. 



January 6. Letters from M. Emile Lemoine were read ex- 

 pressing on behalf of his father, M. Victor Lemoine, his most 

 hearty feelings of gratitude for the honor bestowed upon him by 

 the Society in the award of the George Robert White Medal of 

 Honor for the year 1911, and under a later date announcing the 

 death of his father on December 12. 



It was voted that the President be requested to appoint as an 

 accredited representative of the Society any member visiting 

 London on the occasion of the Royal International Horticultural 

 Exliibition in May, 1912. It was voted also to offer at this exhi- 

 bition the Society's Gold Medal for the best display of varieties of 

 roses in bloom originating in the United States. 



An addition of $700.00 to the annual appropriation for prizes and 

 gratuities was made at this meeting. 



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