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Divine Goodness which gave to Mr. Weld and to the Society such 

 a long and useful life, which will be commemorated by the excel- 

 lent portrait that now adorns our walls. 



Resolved^ That these proceedings be entered on our records, and 

 that a copy be transmitted to the family of Mr. Weld. 



Benjamin G. Smith, ") 

 O. B. Hadwen, > Committee. 



Robert Manning, ) 

 The memorial was unanimously adopted. 



The Secretary announced the reception of letters from Henry 

 Shaw, Serene Watson, L. H. Bailey, Dr. C. A. Goessmann, Dr. 

 William H. Farlow, and Charles E. Besse}', who were elected Cor- 

 responding Members of the Society at the April meeting, accepting 

 the membership and thanking the Societ}' for the honor. 



The Librarian laid before the Society, vols. 5 and 6 of the 

 " Dictionnaire de Pomologie," presented to the Library by the 

 Enfants d'Andre Leroy, to complete the set of which the first 

 four volumes were presented by their father, the author, and, in 

 behalf of the Library Committee moved a vote of thanks for the 

 gift. He also moved that the thanks of the Society be presented 

 to the family of Charles M. Hovey, late President of the Society, 

 for a large and valuable donation of agricultural and horticul- 

 tural books from the library of their father. These votes of thanks 

 were uuanimouslj' passed. 



Miss Charlotte M. Endicott, of Canton, and 



William C. Winter, of Mansfield. 

 having been recommended by the Executive Committee, were on 

 ballot duly elected members of the Society. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 6, 1889. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Society was holden at 11 

 o'clock, Vice President Charles H. B. Breck, in the chair. 



The Chairman reported from the Executive Committee, a recom- 

 mendation that the Society appropriate the sum of one thousand 



