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resolutions. The motion was carried, and tlie Chair appointed, as 

 that Committee, Mr. Strong, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, and 

 "William H. iSpooner. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, pre- 

 sented the List of Prizes for the year 1886, agreed on by the 

 Committee for Establishing Prizes, the same having been ap- 

 proved by the Executive Committee, and it was adopted by the 

 Society. 



It was voted that the Committee on Publication be requested to 

 award the prizes offered for the liest reports by the Committees on 

 horticultural products and gardens. 



The subject of one member in excess of the number prescribed 

 by the Constitution and By-Laws having been elected to the Com- 

 mittee of Arrangements, — the consideration of which was post- 

 poned from the last meeting, — was taken up, and it was voted that 

 the member having the smallest number of votes be dropped from 

 the Committee. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by 

 the Executive Committee as memljers of the Society, were, on 

 ballot, dul}' elected : 



C. De Kay Townsend, of Melrose. 



George H. Rogers, of Waltham. 



Avery W. Nelson, of Somerville. 



Adjourned to Saturda}', December 12. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday", December 12, 1885. 



An adjom-ned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 the President, John B. Moore, in the chair. 



The Annual Report of the Library Committee was read by 

 William E. Endicott, Chairman, accepted, and referred to the 

 Committee on Publication. 



