12 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, June 19, 1875. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 1 1 o'clock, 

 President Parkman in the chair. 



William C. Strong offered the following vote: 



Voted, That the Constitution of this Society be so amended as 

 to conform to the code of By-Laws now before the Societ}^ for ac- 

 ceptance, and be merged therein, and that the code for the govern- 

 ment of the Society be hereafter known as the " Constitution and 

 By-Laws of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society." 



The proposed amendments, being the new code of By-Laws, 

 were read once, as required in the article providing for amend- 

 ments to the Constitution, and the vote was unanimously passed. 



Professor William P. Bolles, of Boston, 

 was elected to membership. 



Meeting dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 3, 1875. 



A quarterly meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 Vice-President Charles O. Whitmore in the chair. 



In the absence of the Recording Secretary, Robert Manning was 

 chosen secretary, pro tern. 



William C. Strong presented the following preamble and vote, 

 and moved their adoption : 



WJiereas, at a stated meeting of this Societ}'^, held April 3, 1875, 

 the committee appointed to revise the By-Laws of the Society re- 

 ported a code of By-Laws, which was then read twice : 



And, Whereas, it was voted unanimously that the code of By- 

 Laws as presented be entered upon the records and lie over for 

 consideration at the next stated meeting : 



And, Whereas, at a meeting of the Society held June 19, 1875, 

 it was voted unanimously that the Constitution of this Society be 



