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The Annual Report of the Committee on Plant3 and Flowers 

 was read b}' Joseph H. Woodford, Chairman, accepted, and 

 referred to the Committee on Publication. 



The Annual Report of the Committee on the Library was read 

 by William E. Endicott, Chairman, accepted and referred to the 

 Committee on Publication. 



E. W. Wood, Chairman of the Fruit Committee, asked for two 

 weeks further time to prepare the report of that Committee, which 

 was granted. Further time was also granted to the Chairman of 

 the Vegetable Committee to prepare his report. 



M. B. Faxon, from the Committee on AVindow Gardening, 

 made a report of the expenditures of that Committee, which was 

 accepted. Mr. Faxon also moved that a Committee on Window 

 Gardening for the year 1889, to consist of seven members, bo 

 appointed by the President. This motion was carried. 



The Chairman of the Library Committee laid l)efore the Society 

 a cop3- of the works of the late Dr. George P^ngelmann, collecled 

 and printed for private distribution by Henry Shaw, of St. Louis, 

 Missouri, in memory' of his friend, the author. The book was a 

 present to the Library from Mr. Shaw, and the thanks of the 

 Society were unanimously voted for the gift. 



The Secretary read a letter from C. Ilarman Payne, Foreign 

 Corresponding Secretar}' of the National Chrvsanthemum Society, 

 of England, in regard to co-operation with that Society. The 

 letter was referred to the Executive Committee. 



The following named persons, having been recommended b}- the 

 Executive Committee as members of the Society, were, on, ballot, 

 duly elected : 



Miss Esther A. Squire, of North Cambridge. 

 Oliver B. Wyman, of Shrewsbury. 

 George C. Rice, of Worcester. 

 Arthur J. Bigelow, of INLnrlborough. 

 Thomas F. Galvin, of Boston. 

 Samuel Barnard, of Belmont. 

 George S. Houghton, of Auburndale. 



Adjourned to Saturday, December 15. 



