DECEASE OF FRANCIS LYMAN WINSHIP. 9 



as Secretary and Librarian, and George W. Fowle, as Treasurer of 

 tlie Society and Superintendent of tlie Building, for tiie year 1885. 



Tlie appropriations recommended by tlie Executive Committee, 

 on the 1st of November and the 6th of December, 1884, came up 

 for final action, and were voted by the Society, as follows : — 



For Prizes and Gratuities, — 



For Plants and Flowers $2,500 



For Gratuities for the encouragement of the exhibi- 

 tion of flowers during the winter months . . 100 



For Fruits 1,500 



For Vegetables 800 



For Gardens 200 



$5,100 



For the Committee on the Library, for the purchase 

 of Books and Periodicals, Binding of Books, and 



Incidental Expenses of the Committee . . . $300 



For continuing the Card Catalogue of Plates . . 100 



For the Committee on Publication and Discussion . 200 



For the expenses of the Committee of Arrangements, 300 



C. H. B. Breck announced the decease, on the 10th of Decem- 

 ber, of Francis Lj'man Winsliip, for many years Recording Sec- 

 retary of the Society, and moved the appointment of a committee 

 to prepare memorial resolutions. The motion was carried, and the 

 Chair appointed Mr. Breck, William J. Underwood, and John C. 

 Hovey, as that committee. 



Arthur W. Blake, of Brookline, was proposed by Hon. Mar- 

 shall P. Wilder, as a Life Member of the Society. 



John L. Gardner, of Boston, and 

 Miss Annie C. Putnam, of Boston, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee, were, on 

 ballot, duly elected members of the Society. 



Joseph H. Woodford moved that the Society' appropriate a sum 

 not exceeding $20, to supply the deficiency in the subscription for 



