110 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 5, 1887. 



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

 the President, Henry P. AValcott, in the Chair. 



Mrs. H. L. T. Wolcott referred to the Prizes for Window Gar- 

 dening offered in 1878, and expressed a desire that another 

 attempt might be made for its encouragement. On motion of 

 John B. Moore, seconded by William C. Strong, the Executive 

 Committee were requested to consider the best method of encour- 

 aging Window Gardening among children under eighteen years 

 of age. 



The Secretary read the following letter from M. Charles Joly, 

 Vice-President of the Soci6t6 Nationale d' Horticulture de France, 

 and a Corresponding Member of this Society : 



Paris, January 11, 1887. 

 Robert Manning, Esq., 



Secretary of the Massachusetts Horticidtiiral Society : 



Dear Sir, — I have received, through Mr. E. B. Wilder, the official 

 account of the burial of our most esteemed friend, Hon. Marshall 

 P. Wilder. The news of his death you had already given to me 

 in your last letter. 



I beg to send to you and to your Society the expression of our 

 deep regrets for the loss of your great and most worthy Ex-Presi- 

 dent. Such a man reflects the highest credit on your country and 

 your Society. Be assured that we take the greatest interest in the 

 loss that 3'our company and the horticultural world has sustained. 



Yours most respectfully, 



CHS. JOLY, 

 Of the Paris National Horticultural Society. 



Frank Wiikeler, of Concord, aud 

 George B. Gill, of Medford, 



having been rccomnicnded by the Executive Committee, were on 

 ballot duly elected members of the Society. . 



Adjourned to Saturday, February 12. 



