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Board of Agriculture, it was voted to appoint a committee to repre- 

 sent the Society at the Conference on Rural Progress to be held in 

 Amherst, October next, inider the auspices of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College. 



The President appointed the following named members of the 

 Society as this committee: William H. Spooner, Chairman, Charles 

 F. Curtis, Wilfrid AVheeler, J. Willard Hill, Wm. P. Rich, Henry 

 S. Adams, Isaac H. Locke, and Arthur H. Fewkes. 



The resignation of William C. Endicott as chairman of the 

 special committee on certain protested awards was accepted and 

 William H. Spooner was appointed in his stead. 



The following named persons were duly elected to membership 

 in the Society: 



Nathaniel W. Emerson, M. D., of Boston, proposed by Wm. 

 P. Rich. 



Miss Elizabeth M. Eustis of Brookline, proposed by Wm. P. 

 Rich. 



Frank I^. Whipple of Lynn, proposed by Wm. P. Rich. 



Clement S. Houghton of Boston, proposed by Warren H. 

 Manning. 



Charles Merriam of Weston, proposed by Herbert Merriam. 



May IL A communication from the secretary of the New Eng- 

 land Dahlia Society was read accepting with thanks the invitation 

 to hold its first annual exliibition in connection with the Dahlia 

 Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



A communication from the New York Academy of Sciences was 

 presented cordially inviting the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety to participate in its exercises commemorative of the two 

 hundredth anniversary of the birth of Linne. On motion of Mr. 

 Estabrook a committee consisting of Mr. Curtis and the Secretary 

 was appointed to arrange for the representation of the Society on 

 that occasion. 



On motion of Mr. Estabrook an appropriation not exceeding 

 $150.00 was voted for the purchase of rugs or carpeting for the 

 ladies' waiting room. 



On motion of Mr. Farquhar it was voted that the Secretary be 



