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appointed as the Committee, William C. Strong, William II. 

 Spooner, E. W. Wood, Solomon Lincoln, and John B. Moore. 



The Secretary laid before the Society letters from Henry J. 

 Elwes, Ch. Naudin, and C. J. Maximowicz, accepting with thanks 

 the Corresponding Memberships to which the}' had been elected. 



George G. Tarbell, M. D., of Boston, 



having been recommended b}' the Executive Committee, was, on 

 ballot, duly elected a member of the Society. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 2, 1887. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Society was holdeu at 1 1 

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



William C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee appointed at 

 the last meeting to consider what amendments to the Constitution 

 and By-Laws, in regard to the award of medals, the various funds 

 given to the Society, or other points, might be necessary, made 

 the following report : 



The Committee appointed to consider the subject of the dona- 

 tions and legacies left to the Society, and the award of medals 

 from such funds, together with any proposed alterations of the 

 B3'-Laws, report as follows : 



The aggregate amount of donations and legacies, up to the 

 present date, is about $50,000. 



With the exception of the Josiah Stickney fund of 812,000, the 

 use of whicli until the year ISDl) is coniHlioned to the i)urchase of 

 books for the library, all the other gifts are absolute. In most 

 cases they are conditioned to be invested as permanent funds, the 

 income of which is to be devoted by the Society to prizes for the 

 cultivation of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, in general. Special 

 objects are designated in a few instances, as, for example, the 

 French fund for Apples, the Hunnewell funds for Evergreen trees, 



