TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



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BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, Januar}- 7, 1888. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Society was holden at 11 

 o'clock, the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



This being the commencement of the term of office of the new 

 board of officers and standing committees, the President delivered 

 the following inaugural address. 



Address of President Walcott. 



Members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society : 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — In accordance with our useful custom , 

 allow me, at this, the first meeting of the New Year, to speak of a 

 few of the events of the past 3'ear, and to direct 3'our attention to 

 some of the objects which will probablj' claim your consideration 

 in the future. 



An unusual number of prominent members of the Societ}' have 

 died siuce the last annual meeting, — Henr}' A. Breed, of L3'nn, 

 one of the founders of the Society ; Ex-Presidents Hovey and 

 Moore, and Josiah Crosb}' ; — all of them men who have deserved 

 well of this Society. We have placed upon our permanent records, 

 by formal, but none the less sincere, resolutions of regret, testi- 

 monials of our appreciation of their services and regrets for their 

 loss. 



It is well that these names should be mentioned again at the 

 beginning of the New Year, that we ma}- enter upon our work with 



