TRANSACTIONS 



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BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 2, 1887. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Society was holden at 11 

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



The annual report of the Treasurer and that of the Finance 

 Committee were read by the Secretary, accepted, and ordered to 

 be placed on file. 



The report of the Committee on Publication and Discussion, 

 awarding premiums for the best reports by awarding committees, 

 was read and accepted. 



The appropriation of $100, recommended by the Executive 

 Committee on the 26th of February, for prizes for the encourage- 

 ment of Window Gardening, came up for final action, and was 

 confirmed by the Society. The schedule of prizes for this object, 

 presented by the Committee for Establishing Prizes, was adopted. 

 Mrs. H. L. T. Walcott, Mrs. E. M. Gill, Mrs. L. P. Weston, 

 Miss S. W. Stor3', and Mr. M. B. Faxon, having been nominated 

 by a Committee appointed for that purpose, were elected a Com- 

 mittee to take charge of the exhibitions of Window Gardening, and 

 award the prizes therefor. 



On motion of William H. Spooner, it was voted that the 

 Committee on Plants and Flowers be requested to consider the 

 propriety of adopting the standard established by the National 

 Rose Society of England, for roses exhibited. 



