TRANSACTIONS 



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BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 4, 1874. 



A duly notified stated meeting was holden at 11 o'clock, President 

 Strong in the chair. 



The following named persons being nominated to the society 

 by the Executive Committee, were elected to membership : 



John J. Shadghnesst, of Boston, 

 Mrs. Lydia B. Manning, of Reading, 

 James Cartwright, of Wellesley, 

 Thomas Tappan, of Canton. 



The decease of Robert Morris Copeland being announced to 

 the society, the following resolutions were adopted : — 



Resolved, That in the decease of Mr. R. Morris Copeland, a life 

 member of this society, we mourn the loss of one who by his 

 active labors has done much to encourage a taste for rui'al adorn- 

 ment, and to advance the science of landscape gardening ; that 

 his love for the beautiful in the trees and shrubs of our country, 

 tended to attract attention to their cultivation and thus to lead 

 others to appreciate their beauties. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the records, 

 and a copy sent to the family of the deceased. 

 Adjourned to Saturday, May 2. 



