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The above mentioned reports were severally accepted, and 

 referred to the Committee on Publication. 



Further time was granted to the Committee on Window Garden- 

 ing to prepare a report, 



Benjamin G. Smith, from the Committee to prepare a memorial 

 of the late Henry Weld Fuller, read a letter from his daughters, 

 conveying their thanks for the tribute to the memory of their 

 father, adopted by the Societ}-. 



James F. M. Farquhar, of Roslindale, 

 having been recommended by the Executive Committee as a mem- 

 ber of the Society, was on ballot duh' elected. 



Adjourned to Saturday, December 14. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 14, 1889. 



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

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



The Annual Report of the Committee on Vegetables was read by 

 Charles N. Brackett, Chairman, accepted, and referred to the 

 Committee on Publication. 



The President, as Chairman of the Committee on Repairs and 

 Alterations of the Society's Building, appointed on the 26th of 

 January, presented the following report : — 



The Comiaittee appointed for the purpose of making certain 

 repairs and changes in this building, occasioned by the fire of 

 December 30, 1888, beg leave to submit the following report : — 



An early conference with the proper authorities of the city satis- 

 fied the Committee that it was expedient to comply without hesi- 

 tation, with the requirements of the Inspectors of Buildings, and 

 reconstruct the building, so far as possible, with all the safeguards 

 against fire. These new arrangements involved the expenditure 

 of a much larger sum of money than was received from the insur- 

 ance companies. 



It was also found in the course of the new work for the im- 

 provement of the Library accommodations, that this portion of the 



