AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 11 



The amendmeut had two readings, and receiving a majoriU' of 

 votes was ordered to be entered on the records for consideration 

 at the stated nieeting in April next. 



The Annual Report of the Garden Committee was read by John 

 O. Barker, Chairman, accepted, and referred to the Committee 

 on Publication and Discussion. 



Frank W. Andrews proposed the following amendment to the 

 Constitution and By-Laws : 



Strike out the whole of the first section, relating to the officers 

 of the Society, and insert the following : 



" The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, four 

 Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Corresponding Secretary, and a 

 Recording Secretary-, who shall be chosen by ballot, and shall 

 hold their offices for one year, and until others are chosen in their 

 stead ; provided, however, that no person shall be eligible to any 

 office unless he shall have been a member for the term of three 

 years previous." 



This amendment had two readings, and receiving a majority of 

 votes was ordered to be entered on the records for consideration 

 on the first Saturday in April. 



O. B. Had wen, Chairman of the Committee on Publication and 

 Discussion, stated that though that Committee had not yet com- 

 pleted the Programme of Meetings for Discussion the present sea- 

 sou, the work was well advanced, and announced for the next Satur- 

 day, at half past eleven o'clock, a paper on the "Evolution and 

 Variation of Fruit Plants, and their Tendency to Degenerate 

 when Cultivated," b^' Joseph H. Bourn, of Providence, R. I., 

 Ex-President of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society. 



Benjamin G. Smith, Treasurer of the American Pomological 

 Society, announced that the Twenty-Second Biennial Session of 

 that Society would be held at Ocala, Florida, on the 20th, 21st, 

 and 22nd of February next, and invited all so disposed to become 

 members of the Society and attend the meeting. On motion of 

 Mr. Smith it was voted that the Chair appoint a committee of five 

 to report a list of delegates. 



