DECEASE OF H. W. FULLER AND W. C. HARDING. 157 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. P. MacOwan, Director of the 

 Botanic Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, accepting with thanks, 

 the Corresponding Membership in the Society to which he had 

 been elected ; also letters containing similar acknowledgments 

 from Dr. T. G. Richardson of New Orleans, Dr. F. M. Hexamer 

 of New Rochelle, N. Y., and Dr. M. Treub, Director of the 

 Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, Java. 



The following named persons having been recommended b}' the 

 Executive Committee for membership in the Society, were, on 

 ballot dul}' elected. 



George M. Hobbs, of Boston. 



Benjamin M. Watson, Jr., of Jamaica Plain. 



Frederick S. Davis, of West Roxbury. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September 7. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, September 7, 1889. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 Vice-President Charles H. B. Breck, in the chair. 



William C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee to nominate 

 candidates for Officers and Standing Committees of the Society 

 for the next year, reported a printed list. The report was accepted, 

 and it was 



Voted, That the Commitee be continued, and requested to nom- 

 inate candidates in place of any who might decline before election. 



The Chairman announced the decease of Henry Weld Fuller, 

 Ex- Vice-President of the Society, and William C. Harding. The 

 following named gentlemen were appointed Committees to prepare 

 memorials of these members. 



On Mr. Fuller, William C. Strong, Robert Manning, and Benja- 

 min G. Smith. 



