98 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Chase suggested that this Society might give an important 

 impetus to the good work b}' offering prizes for the best kept 

 school yards. 



The Chairman of the Committee on Publication and Discussion 

 announced for the next Saturday, a paper upon " Plums; their 

 Cultivation and Varieties," by Ex-President James F. C. Hyde. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 2, 1889. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at half-past 

 eleven o'clock, the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the Chair. 



The following votes, offered by Francis H. Appleton, were 

 unanimously passed : 



Voted, That the Massachusetts Horticultural Society hereby 

 respectfully signifies its hearty approval of the efforts being made 

 by the present Legislature, at the recommendation of the Gov- 

 ernor, to secure the improvement of the roads and road-sides in 

 our towns and cities, and expresses the hope that such efforts, 

 whether they result in establishing a Road Commission or other- 

 wise, may meet with success. 



Voted, That a copy of this vote be sent to the Chairman of the 

 proper Committee of the Legislature. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee for election to membership in the Society, 

 were on ballot duly elected. 



Mrs. E. M. Lancaster, of Roxbury, 

 Arthur W. Tufts, of Roxbury, 

 Silas Potter, of Roxbury, 

 Mrs. C. Stedman Hanks, of Boston, 

 Artemas Frost, of Belmont. 



Adjourned to Saturday, March 9, 1889, at half-past eleven 

 o'clock. 



