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1906. PART II. 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 

 YEAR 1906. 



Four meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society have been held during the year 1906 with an 

 average attendance of ten members. 



A condensed statement of the business transacted at these meet- 

 ings is herewith respectfully presented to the Society. 



January 6. An appropriation of $400.00, in addition to the 

 income of the French and Farlow Funds, was voted for library 

 purposes for the year 1906; and $250.00 was voted to the Com- 

 mittee on Prizes and Exhibitions for the arrangement of the exhibi- 

 tions of the Society during the current year. 



On motion of Mr. Manning the following vote was passed: 



Voted: — That the Trustees of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 hereby approve of the appropriation of a sum not to exceed $25,000.00 

 from the unexpended balance of the sum authorized by Chapter 381 of 

 the Acts of the year 1905 to be expended for suppressing the gypsy and 

 brown-tail moths, to employ the Hon. EUwood Cooper of Santa Barbara, 

 California, to provide a pennanent remedy for said pests by the intro- 

 duction of parasites or by other natural means, subject to the approval 

 of the Department of Agriculture, under a guaranty which shall be 

 approved by the Governor of the Commonwealth. 



