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Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden also acknowledged 

 with thanks the receipt of the same memorial. 



The Secretarj' also laid before the Society a letter from Louis 

 B. Harding, acknowledging the testimonial adopted by the Society 

 in memory of his father, the late William C. Harding of Stamford, 

 Connecticut. 



Adjourned to Saturda}^ December 7. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 7, 1889. 



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

 the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 reported a recommendation that the Society hold an exhibition in 

 August, 1890, during the time of the Convention of the Society of 

 American Florists, this exhibition to be considered a substitute 

 for that portion of the Annual September Show which includes 

 Plants and Flowers. This report was accepted and adopted. 



The President also reported from the Executive Committee, the 

 Schedule of Prizes for 1890, with the approval of that Committee. 

 After amendment so as to provide that duplicates should be allowed 

 in the different classes of Roses at the Rose Exhibition, the 

 Schedule was adopted. 



The Annual Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers 

 was read b}* Joseph H. Woodford, Chairman. 



The Annual Report or the Committee on Fruits was read by 

 E. W. Wood, Chairman. This report was accompanied by a 

 special recommendation that the Society award the Prospective 

 Prize for the best Seedling Strawberry to Warren Heustis for his 

 seedling, the Belmont. This recommendation was approved by 

 the Society. 



John Robinson, from the Library Committee, read the Annual 

 Report of that Committee. 



M. B. Faxon, Secretary of the Committee on Window Garden- 

 ing, read a statement of the receipts and expenditures of that Com- 

 mittee. 



