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Committees of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 FOR the Year 1908. 



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



Stephen M. Weld. 

 Library: — C. S. Sargent, Chairman, I>arz Anderson, C. S. Minot, 



R. M. Saltonstall, H. P. Walcott. 

 I>ectures and Publications: — John C. Olmsted, Chairman, Miss 



Mary S. Ames, W. H. Spooner, Miss Mary L. Ware, 



F. A. Waugh. 

 Prizes and Exhibitions: — J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Chairman, W. N. 



Craig, Edw. MacMulkin, C. S. Sargent, W. J. Stewart. 

 Plants and Flowers: — T. D. Hatfield, Chairman, Joseph Clark. 



Duncan Finlayson, Emil Johanssohn, Thos. Roland. 

 Fruits: — Wilfrid Wheeler, Chairman, Wm. Thatcher, E. B. 



Wilder. 

 Vegetables: — J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., Chairman, J. W. Duncan, G. D. 



Moore. 

 Gardens: — C. W. Parker, Chairman, J. H. Bowditch, R. Cameron, 



A. H. Fewkes, J. Heurlin, F. L. Olmsted, Jr., W. P. 



Rich, S. M. Weld, T. H. Westwood. 

 Children's Gardens: — Mrs. R. G. Shaw, Chairman, Miss Helen 



Collamore, Mrs. E. I\I. Gill, Miss Rose Hollingsworth. 



On motion of Prof. Sargent it was voted to instruct the new 

 Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions to prepare the Schedule for 

 the year 1909 and publish it May 1, 1908. 



Mr. Hill offered the following motion which was adopted : That 

 in the opinion of the Board of Trustees it is desirable that the 

 Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions be a slowly changing body 

 and that only one or two of its members should be changed each 

 year, and that special committees on nominations in the future are 

 hereby instructed to carry this recommendation into effect. 



On motion of Mr. Farquhar an appropriation of $250.00 was 

 voted for the expenses of conducting the exhibitions for the year 

 1908. 



President Weld reported for the special committee on the im- 



