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Charles H. B. Breck, Charles F. Curtis, 



Beujamiu G. Smith, Warren Fenno, 



Robert Manuiug, William H. Spoouer, 



John C. Hovey, Col. Hemy W. Wilson, 



and such others as the President may appoint. 



[The name of Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, above entered, was 

 added to the list by the President.] 



The motion was seconded by William C. Strong, and carried 

 unanimously. 



Mr. Wilder then moved that the Society invite the American 

 Pomological Society to meet in Boston in 1887, and provide suit- 

 able accommodation for the visiting society. This motion was 

 referred to the Executive Committee. 



On motion of Edward L. Beard, it was voted that the award of 

 the prizes offered for Saturday, July 4, be postponed to July 11. 



The following letter was read by the Treasurer : 



Brookline, May 28, 1885. 

 Mr. Geo. W. Fowle : 



Dear Sir, — According to the will of the late Benjamin B. 



Davis: "To pay to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society the 



sum of five hundred dollars, and I direct that the sum be invested 



by said Society, and the income thereof appropriated for prizes 



for the best seedling grapes." 



As this estate is being now settled, I write to inform you of the 



bequest, and to ask if ^^ou will conform to the conditions ; and 



also if a check payable to your order will be right. 



Yours respectfully, 



Moses Withington, 



Executor of will of B. B. Davis. 



It was voted that the bequest be accepted on the conditions 

 above named. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Special Committee of the 

 General Union for the Promotion of the Cultivation of Bulbs, at 

 Haarlem, under tlie patronage of His Majesty the King of the 

 Netherlands, proposing to offer a first prize of a gold medal, a 



