ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 1907. 



The Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 for the year 1907 was held Saturday, November 16, at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston. 



President Weld presided and in calling the meeting to order 

 stated that it was held in accordance with the By-Laws for the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year and for the transaction of 

 such business as might be legally presented; and that a printed 

 notice of the meeting had been mailed to the address of every 

 member of the Society as it appeared upon the records of the 

 Secretary. 



He appointed Edward B. Wilder, J. Allen Crosby, and William 

 P. Rich a committee to receive, assort, and count the ballots, and 

 to report the number. He then declared the polls open at twelve 

 o'clock to continue open until four o'clock. 



The record of the Annual Meeting of November 17, 1906, was 

 read by the Secretary and approved by vote of the meeting. 



The President reported that the Board of Trustees had voted 

 an appropriation of $6700.00 for prizes and gratuities for the year 

 1908; an increase of $1200.00 over the amount appropriated for 

 the present year. 



Dr. Augustine Henry, professor of forestry in the University of 

 Cambridge, England, on the recommendation of Prof. C. S. Sar- 

 gent, was elected to corresponding membership in the Society. 



William H. Spooner called attention to the public winter-meeting 

 of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture which is to be held 

 in our halls, December 3, 4, and 5, and invited the members of the 

 Society to avail themselves of the privileges offered on this occasion. 



At a quarter past twelve o'clock the President called ]\Ir. Spooner 

 to the Chair and declared a recess until four o'clock. 



At four o'clock the Chairman announced the polls closed and the 

 ballot committee proceeded to count the votes, reporting the num- 

 ber as follows: For President, Stephen M. Weld, 34; For Vice- 

 President, Walter Hunnewell 34; For Trustees (for three years), 



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