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Co. was presented offering two silver cups as prizes; one to be 

 awarded at the Spring Show of 1908 for the largest and best col- 

 lection of narcissi and daffodils, and the other for the largest col- 

 lection of Cactus dahlias at the Dahlia Show of that year. 



On motion of Mr. Curtis it was voted to accept the offer of the 

 Messrs. Rawson and to refer it to the Committee on Prizes and 

 Exhibitions. 



It was voted also, on motion of Mr. Curtis, to authorize the 

 Treasurer to pay the prizes awarded by the Committee on Children's 

 Gardens as soon as convenient. 



On motion of Mr. Farquhar it was ^'oted that the matter of 

 continuing the Sunday opening of the library be left to the discretion 

 of the Librarian. 



A communication from the secretary of the Maine State Pomo- 

 logical Society was read requesting the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society to send a delegate to its annual meeting at Gardiner, 

 Maine, in November, for the purpose of considering the fruit 

 interests of New England. On motion of Mr. Hunnewell it was 

 voted to appoint the Chairman of the Committee on Fruits, Mr. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, to represent the Society on that occasion with 

 power of substitution. 



Mr. Farquhar called attention to the need of a new floor in the 

 large exliibition hall of the Society's building, and, after some 

 consideration of the subject, the President appointed Messrs. 

 Farquhar, Hunnewell, and the Superintendent of the Building a 

 committee to report on the matter at a future meeting. 



The following named persons Avere elected to membership in the 

 Society : 



Charles N. Brush of Brookline, proposed by A. F. Estabrook. 

 George H. Webster of Haverhill, proposed by J. F. Sharkey. 

 Robert Seaver of Jamaica Plain, proposed by C. F. Curtis. 

 Arthur F. Means of Somerville, proposed by F. S. Davis. 



December 7. A communication from Edwin L. Lewis of 

 Taunton was presented suggesting that state institutions and 

 agricultural colleges be required to exhibit their productions under 

 their respective names and not in the names of the gardeners only. 



