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John G. Barker, Chaii'man of the Committee on Gardens, read 

 the Anunal Report of that Committee. Accepted, and referred to 

 the Committee on Publication. 



The President, as Chan-man of the Executive Committee, 

 reported from that Committee a recommendation that the Society 

 make the following appropriations : 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of 

 magazines and newspapers, binding of books, and 

 incidental expenses of the Committee, . . $300 00 

 For the same Committee, to continue the Card Cata- 

 logue of Plates, 100 00 



For the Committee on Publication and Discussion, . 250 00 

 For the Garden Committee, for Prizes (additional 



to the $200 recommended November 7), . . 100 00 



For the Committee of Arrangements, to cover the 



deficiency for the years 1884 and 1885, . . 94 80 

 The Executive Committee also recommended that an appropria- 

 tion of $300 be made for the use of the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments for 1886, this sum to cover all extraordinary expenses of 

 said Committee. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the above recom- 

 mendations were laid over until the stated meeting in January. 



The President further reported, that the Executive Committee 

 had approved the offer of the Special Prospective Prize for Seed- 

 ling Native Grapes, from the fund established by the late Benjamin 

 B. Davis. 



Also, that the Executive Committee had appointed George "W. 

 Fowle Treasurer of the Society and Superintendent of the Build- 

 ing, and Robert Manning Secretary and Librarian, for the year 



1886. 



The Librarian laid before the Society several books by William 

 Paul, of Waltham Cross, England, a Corresponding Member of 

 the Society, and presented by him to the Library. The thanks 

 of the Society were voted to j\L-. Paul for this donation ; and also 

 to himself and his son, Mr. Arthur W. Paul, for services kindly 

 rendered to the Society. 



