12 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT. 



"William E. Endicott, Chairman of the Library Committee, 

 presented the following amendment to the Constitution and 

 By-Laws, proposed by that Committee : 



That the words, " have control of the Library Room and shall'* 

 be inserted after the words, " They shall " in the second sentence 

 of Section XVIII ; so that the sentence shall read " They shall 

 have control of the Library Room and shall cause the Library to 

 be opened for the use of members during business hours, and at 

 such other times as they may deem expedient." 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. 



Mr. Endicott also laid before the Society, a copy of the new 

 quarto edition of the "Rose Garden;" also "Roses and Rose 

 Culture," and " Roses in Pots ;" a donation to the Library by the 

 author, William Paul, of "Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England, 

 a Corresponding Member of this Society, and moved that the 

 thanks of the Society be presented to Mr. Paul for his valuable 

 present, which motion was unanimously carried. 



It was voted that the offer of a prize for the best plantation of 

 timber trees, in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth, 

 relating to Agricultural Societies, be confirmed. 



Also, voted that the Committee on Publication and Discus- 

 sion, be requested to award the prizes offered for the best reports 

 by Awarding Committees. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee for membership in the Society, were oa 

 ballot duly elected : 



James P. Dillon, of Jamaica Plain, 

 J. Hbnry Brooks, of Milton, 

 Francis Jackson Ward, of Roxbury, 

 William F. Day, of Roxbury. 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 12, 1889, at half-past eleven 

 o'clock. 



