PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT, ETC. 79 



for the protection of orchards against the ravages of noxious 

 insects was read by Robert Manning, chairman. Accepted and 

 referred to the Committee on Publication. 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the chair to 

 procure a portrait of the president elect, Francis Parkman. The 

 chair appointed Charles O. Whitmore, William Gray, Jr., and 

 Edwin ^V. Buswell as that committee. 



The president read a communication from H. Weld Fuller, re- 

 signing the chairmanship of the Committee on Ornamental Garden- 

 ing. Laid upon the table, and a committee, consisting of Mar- 

 shall P. Wilder, John G. Barker and Benjamin G. Smith, appointed 

 to confer with Mr. Fuller. 



The following persons were elected to membership : 



James F. Cox, of Abington, 

 MosES Darling, Jr., of Boston, 

 Dr. E. p. Colby, of Wakefield, 

 J. R. Kendall, of Woburn. 



Meeting dissolved. 



N. B. The Committee on Publication and Discussion wish it 

 distinctly understood, that the society is not responsible for the views 

 expressed by the different speakers in the foregoing discussions, un- 

 dertaking only to pn'esent the substance of their remarks correctly. 

 They woidd also expressly disclaim any responsibility on the part of 

 the society for descriptions quoted in the Reports of Committees, or 

 for any other statements than those derived from actual observation 

 of the Committees. 



