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at the same time that Mr. Wilder was President of this Society, 

 and their labors for the advancement of the art in which they 

 took such delight were in many respects similar. 



In later years Mr. Cope turned his attention to out-door 

 gardening, ornaraenling his grounds and throwing them open to 

 the public for free enjoyment with the same generosity that 

 governed his whole life. At the advanced age of ninety years, 

 having filled the measure of his days with good deeds, on the r2th 

 day of Maj' last he entered upon the higher life. We honor his 

 memory, — we sympathize with those who mourn his loss. It is 

 left for us to be animated by the record of his worthy life. 



William C. Strong, \ 



RoBKUT Manning, ? Committee. 



Benjamin G. Smith. * 



The Committee further recommended that this report be 

 entered upon the records of the Society and that a copy be sent 

 to the famil}- of the deceased. 



The report was accepted and the recommendation was adopted. 



Edward J. Coolidge, of Cambridge, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee for mem- 

 bership in the Society, was, on ballot, duly elected. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 6, 1888. 



A Stated Meeting of the Society, being the Annual Meeting for 

 the choice of Officers and Standing Committees, was holden at 

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



The Recording Secretary stated that the requirements of the 

 Constitution and By-Laws, in regard to notice of the meeting, had 

 been complied with. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the Chair 

 appointed Robert Manning, James Comley, and William K. 



