DECEASE OF FREDERICK CLAFP AND H. W. DUTTON. 13 



SO amended as to conform to the code of By-Laws now before the 

 Society for acceptance, and be merged therein, and that the code 

 for the government of the Society be known as the Constitution 

 and By-Laws of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society : 



And, Whereas, the proposed amendments, being the new code of 

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

 amendments of the Constitution. 



Therefore, Voted, That the code, as presented, be adopted as 

 the Constitution and By-Laws of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



The Chair having ruled that under the present By-Laws all 

 amendments to the proposed By-Laws must lie over three months, 

 considerable discussion took place on this point. 



The vote being taken by tellers on Mr. Strong's motion, was 

 reported as sixty-one in favor and four against, a two-thirds vote 

 being required ; and the code of By-Laws proposed on the first 

 Saturday in April, on the records, was accordingly declared 

 adopted as the Constitution and By-Laws of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. 



A large number of verbal amendments to the By-Laws, ofiered 

 by F. Lyman Winship, were ordered to be entered upon the records 

 and lie over for consideration at the stated meeting in October. 



Marshall P. Wilder, Chairman of the Committee, presented the 

 following resolutions on the death of Frederick Clapp : 



Resolved, That in the death of Frederick Clapp the Society has 

 lost one of its best cultivators, and most useful and respected 

 members, who for many years has discharged his duties as a 

 member of the Fruit Committee with fidelity, and who, with his 

 family, has originated many new varieties of fruits. 



Resolved, That as a testimonial of regard for our lamented 

 associate, this resolution be placed upon the records of the 

 Society, and that a copy of the same be transmitted by the 

 Secretary to the family of the deceased. 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



Charles M. Hove}^, from the Committee, presented the following 

 resolutions on the decease of Henry W. Button : 



The Society having learned with deep regret of the recent death 

 of Henry W. Button, one of its oldest and most honored members : 



Therefore, Resolved, That in the decease of Mr. Button this 

 Society has lost one who not only was an active and successful 



