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Such were the offices which he held and the employments which 

 indicate a life of ceaseless and untiring activity. For long years 

 and in many ways did he stimulate others while he lived to a like 

 enthusiasm in the cultivation of Nature. May the memory of his 

 zeal and abilit}' be an inspiration to those who shall follow him. 



The Secretary is hereby directed to forward a copy of this 

 record to the family of the deceased, with the expression of the 

 sincere sympathy of the Society in their sorrow. 



William C. Strong, 



William H. Spooner, 



Charles L. Flint, } Committee. 



Henry W. Wilson, 



Robert Manning. 



After further appropriate remarks offered by Mr. Strong, in 

 moving the adoption of the memorial, it was unanimously adopted 

 and ordered to be entered on the records of the Society. 



The Committee to prepare a memorial of the late John B. 

 Moore, asked and were granted further time in which to report. 



The Chair announced that the regular business of the meeting, 

 being the election of officers and standing committees for the 

 ensuing year, would now be proceeded with, and, agreeably to 

 the Constitution and By-Laws, appointed William H. Spooner, 

 Marshall B. Faxon, and Edward Frost, a Committee to receive, 

 assort, and count the votes given and report the number. 



The polls were opened at thirty minutes past eleven o'clock, and 

 the Chair announced that they would remain open one hour, also 

 that a check list would be used containing the names of those 

 entitled to vote. 



The Recording Secretary pro-tern laid before the Society a letter 

 from the Royal Union for the Cultivation of Flower Roots, Haarlem, 

 Netherlands, in regard to medals to be offered as prizes for 

 flowering bulbs at the Spring Exhibition of this Society in 1888. 

 On motion of Mr. Strong it was voted to accept the proposals 

 contained in the letter, and that notice of acceptance should be 

 communicated to the Royal Union. It was also voted that the 

 Committee on Establishing Prizes, elect, be requested to prepare a 

 list of prizes for bulbs at the exhibitions in 1888, and report the 

 same at the next meeting. 



The amendment to the Constitution and By-Laws proposed at 



