REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES 193 



It was voted that the report of the committee on the special 

 trust funds of the Society be accepted, the recommendations 

 adopted, and the committee discharged. 



]\Ir. AValter Hunne\^ell was appointed Treasurer of the Society 

 for the current year and JNIr. William P. Rich was appointed Secre- 

 tary, Librarian, and Superintendent of the building. 



Appropriations were voted as follow : 



For the library, $400.00 in addition to the income of the French 

 and Farlow Funds. 



For lectures, a sum not exceeding $500.00, to include the income 

 of the John Lewis Russell Fund. 



For the preparation of the library catalogue, $500.00. 



For superintendence of exliibitions, $250.00. 



It was voted that the Society's Gold Medal be awarded to Mr. 

 E. H. Wilson in further recognition of his work in Avestern China, 

 as illustrated in a series of remarkable photographs of Chinese 

 plants and scenery, exhibited at Horticultural Hall, December 26 

 to 31, 1911. 



A special committee, consisting of Messrs. Sargent, Farquhar, 

 and Roland, was appointed to nominate a candidate for the award 

 of the George Robert White Medal of Honor and to report at a 

 future meeting. . 



The following named persons were duly elected to membership 

 in the Society: 



Harry Payne Hodgkins, Jamaica Plain, proposed by W. N. Craig. 



Arthur E. Horton, Lexington, proposed by W. P. Rich. 



Roy W. Hutchinson, Melrose, proposed by W. P. Rich. 



Thomas F. Galvin, Brookline, proposed by J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 



Thomas F. Galvin, Jr., Wayland, proposed by J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar. 



Arthur E. Thatcher, Jamaica Plain, proposed by J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar. 



H. H. Richardson, Brookline, proposed by C. S. Sargent. 



John L. Saltonstall, Beverly, proposed by C. S. Sargent. 



Mrs. John L. Saltonstall, Beverly, proposed by C. S. Sargent. 



Miss Mabel Keyes Babcock, Wellesley, proposed by J. G. Jack. 



F. W. Hunnewell, 2d, Wellesley, proposed by W. Hunnewell. 



