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by the Committee on Establishing Prizes, in reference to the meet- 

 ing of the American Pomological Society in this city, in 1887 ; 

 and also that the same Committee consider the subject of Fores- 

 try Prizes. The report was unanimoush- adopted. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the President ap- 

 pointed the following Committee to nominate suitable candidates 

 for the various offices of the Society for the year 1887 : Wil- 

 liam C. Strong, Chairman ; C. H. B. Breck, Edward L. Beard, 

 Charles N. Brackett, Charles F. Curtis, Francis H. Appleton, C. 

 M. Atkinson. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September 4. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, September 4, IS'-'G. 



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

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

 Strong, Chairman of the Committee to nominate candidates for 

 officers and standing committees for the next 3'ear, reported a 

 printed list which was accepted. It was voted that the Commit- 

 tee be continued and requested to nominate candidates in place of 

 any who might decline before the election. 



On motion of William C. Strong, it was voted, as the sense of 

 the meeting, that the Committee on Plants and Flowers should 

 award, during the present month, such gratuities as they deem for 

 the interest of the Societ}', not to exceed $200, in anticipation of 

 the approval of the Executive Committee and of the Society at 

 the October meeting. 



The Secretary presented, in behalf of William J. Stewart, a 

 photograph of members of the Society of American Florists, 

 taken in the grounds of George W. Childs, at Philadelphia. It 

 was voted that the picture be accepted and that the thanks of 

 th.is Society be presented to Mr. Stewart therefor. 



Julius A. Palmer, Jr., of Boston, and 

 Francis B. Snow, of Dorchester, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee as mem- 

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



The meeting was then dissolved. 



