232 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICDLTURAL SOCIETr. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 3, 1886. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Societ}' was holden at 11 

 o'clock, the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



The President reported that the Executive Committee had ap- 

 proved the appropriation of 8235 for prizes for roses at the Rose 

 Show in June, in addition to the amount previously appropriated. 

 The appropriation was unanimously voted by the Society. 



William C. Strong moved that in compliance with the regula- 

 tions of the State Board of Agriculture a prize of SIO be offered 

 for the best plantation of ship timber, and that the prizes offered 

 last year for the best reports of awarding committees be offered 

 the present year. 



The motion was unanimously carried. 



On motion of Edward L. Beard, it was voted that the Secre- 

 tary be authorized to send to the meeting of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists, in Philadelphia, August 18, a letter expressing the 

 sympathy of this Society with the aims and efforts of the Society 

 of Florists, and that William J. Stewart be the bearer of the 

 letter, as the representative of this Society. 



Charles Ripley, of Dorchester, and 

 Luther Auams, of Brighton, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee as mem- 

 bers of the Society, were, on ballot, duly elected. 



Adjourned to Saturday, August 7. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 7, 1886. 



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

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



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, re- 

 ported a recommendation that some preparatory action be taken 



