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On motion of Mr. Craig a special appropriation of $10.00 was 

 voted on acconnt of expenses of the annual meeting; and, on 

 motion of Mr. ^Manning, an appropriation not exceeding $300.00, 

 including the income of the John Lewis Russell Fund, was voted 

 for the Committee on Lectures and Publications for the year 1907. 



Mr. Farquhar, for the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions, 

 rei:)orted that the schedule for 1907 had been prepared and moved 

 and it was voted to proceed with its publication. 



It was voted also to appropriate $250.00 for the expenses and 

 arrangement of the exhibitions of the ensuing year. 



On motion of Prof. Sargent it was voted that the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston be invited to use one of the halls of the 

 Society, free of expense for lighting and service, for its class in 

 landscape gardening during the present winter, and that an appro- 

 priation not to exceed $50.00 be allowed for additional lighting 

 apparatus. 



It was voted also, on motion of Prof. Sargent, that a committee 

 of three be appointed to investigate and report on the administra- 

 tion of the affairs of the Society's building. The President ap- 

 pointed on this committee Messrs. C. S. Sargent, H. P. Walcott, 

 and A. F. Estabrook. 



A committee of four consisting of Messrs. Estabrook, Manning, 

 Farquhar, and Sargent was appointed to bring in a list of nomina- 

 tions for the various committees for the year 1907. This com- 

 mittee presented the following list which was unanimously adopted: 



Committees of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for the Year 1907. 



Finance: — Walter Hunnewell, Chairman, A. F. Estabrook, 



Stephen M. Weld. 

 Library: — C. S. Sargent, Chairman, T. O. Fuller, Samuel Hen- 



shaw, Charles W. Jenks, Henry P. Walcott. 

 Lectures and Publications: — Wm. P. Rich, Chairman, J. W^ood- 



ward Manning, Walter S. Parker, John A. Pettigrew, 



Edward B. ^Vilder. 



