12 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



For the Libraiy Committee, for the purchase of 

 magazines and newspapers, binding of books, 

 and incidental expenses of the Committee . 300 



F'or the same Committee, to continue the Card 



Catalogue of Plates 100 



For the Committee on Publication and Discus- 

 sion ........ 250 



For the Committee of Arrangements, — this sum 

 to cover all extraordinarj- expenses of said 

 Committee ....... 300 



For the same Committee, to cover the deficiency 

 in the appropriations for the 3'ears 1884 and 

 1885 94.80 



The Secretary read a letter from Mrs. Mary E. Whitmore, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of the resolutions passed by the Society 

 in memory of her husband, the late Charles O. Whitmore, and ex- 

 pressing the gratification of the family therewith. 



The Secretary also announced that the Schedule of Prizes for 

 1886 was ready for distribution. 



The Chairman of the Committee on Publication and Discussion 

 announced that the series of meetings for discussion would com- 

 mence on the next Saturda}' with a discussion of " New Fruits of 

 Promise;" to be opened by E. W. Wood, Chairman of the Fruit 

 Committee. 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 9. ' 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Satuuday, January 9, 1886. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holdon at 1 1 o'clock, 

 President WAixorr in the chair. 



On motion of Edward L. Beard it was Voted, That the Com- 

 mittee charged with procuring a portrait of the Hon. Francis B. 

 Hayes, late President of the Society, be requested to perform tlie 

 same duty with respect to ex-President Moore» 



Adjourned to Saturday, January 16. 



