APPROPRIATIONS — COMMITTEES, ETC. V 



Voted^ That the thanks of the societ}'^ be presented to Henry 

 Weld Fuller, for his able and valuable services, extending over 

 many years, as Chairman of the Garden Committee, of which his 

 reports, published in the Transactions of the Society, present am- 

 ple evidence ; and that the society deeply regret the necessity 

 which demands his resignation. 



The secretary announced a vacancy in the Garden Committee 

 and one in the Library Committee. Robert Manning and John G. 

 Barker, were appointed a committee to nominate candidates to fill 

 these vacancies. 



Marshall F. Wilder and Benjamin G. Smith were appointed a 

 committee to nominate an editor for the current year. The com- 

 mittee reported the name of Robert Manning, who was unani- 

 mously elected. 



The several sums recommended by the Executive Committee for 

 prizes for the current year, were, on motion, appropriated as fol- 

 lows : 



For Plants and Flowers, $2,800 00 



Fruits, 2,100 00 



Vegetables, 1,200 00 



Gardens and Greenhouses, .... 300 00 



On motion of Charles O. Whitmore, the sum of three hundred 

 dollars was appropriated for the increase of the library during the 

 present year. 



Voted, That a committee, of which the president shall be chair- 

 man, be appointed with full powers to take such action in the mat- 

 ter of petitioning the legislature for the enactment of a statute for 

 the prevention of the increase of noxious insects, and to act in 

 the premises in connection with the State Board of Agriculture, 

 after conference with the various agricultural and horticultural 

 societies in the state, as shall seem expedient. 



The chair appointed as that committee, John B. Moore, Benja- 

 min G. Smith, William H. Spooner, and Robert Manning. 



The committee appointed to nominate candidates to fill vacan- 

 cies, reported as follows : 



For the vacancy in the Garden Committee, Charles G. Loring, 

 of Boston : 



For the vacancy in the Library Committee, E. W. Wood, of 

 Newton, both of whom were unanimously elected. 



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