TRANSACTIONS 



1907, PART II. 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 



YEAR 1907. 



The Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society respectfully presents herewith a summary of the business 

 transacted during the year 1907. Seven meetings of the Board 

 have been held with an average attendance of eight members. 



January 5. A communication from Col. David Prain of Kew, 

 England, was read expressing his thanks for the honor of election 

 to corresponding membership in the Society. 



A communication from Otis Norcross, Esq., for self and co- 

 executors of the Estate of Charles E. French, was presented notify- 

 ing the Society that it was entitled to two legacies of $3000.00 and 

 $5000.00 respectively, under the will of the said Charles E. French. 

 The following votes were passed accepting the legacies: 



Voted : To accept the legacy of three thousand dollars bequeathed 

 to this Society by the will of Charles E. French, late of Boston, and 

 to hold the same, to be known as the "Benjamin V. French Fund, 

 Number Two," in trust, to expend the income therefrom in prizes 

 for the best specimens of such fruit or vegetables as may be selected 

 by the Trustees of this Society; and it was further 



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