16 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



On motion, Charles O, Whitmore was added to the Committee 

 on the Public Dinner. 



The President announced to the Society, the discovery of the 

 lost volume of its records, embracing the period from the founda- 

 tion of the Society to the year 1844. 



Adjourned to the first Saturday in September. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, September 4, 1875. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock. 

 President Parkman in the chair. 



The President read the following letter : 



Cambridge, August 31, 1875. 

 Francis Parkman, Esq., 



President Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 J)ear Sir: 



The Cambridge Horticultural Society having decided to dispose 

 of their Library, and wishing to place as many of its volumes as 

 possible where they will be of the most practical use, have by 

 vote directed me to present to the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society all books in their possession which are not in your Library. 

 After a careful examination, I find sixty-three volumes of the 

 above class, which will be delivered at once. 

 Yours Respectfully, 



John C. Hovey, 

 • Chairman Library Committee, 



Cambridge Horticultural Society. 



Voted, That the thanks of this Society be presented to the 



Cambridge Horticultural Society for its liberal donation of books, 



and that the Secretary be instructed to transmit to that Society a 



copy of this vote. 



In behalf of the Committee on Nominations, Charles H. B. 

 Breck reported the nomination of candidates for the annual elec- 

 tion on the first Saturday in October. The report was accepted 

 and laid upon the table. 



