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the Stated Meeting on the 2d of July, and then ordered to be 

 entered on the records, came up for liual action, and on motion of 

 Mr. Strong was unanimously adoijtcd, as follows : 



To be added to Section XXIV : 



"The candidate for membership shall qualify himself for 

 membership within six months from the date when notice is given 

 of his election." 



Mrs. H. L. T. Wolcott, followed by M. B. Faxon, read remarks 

 and other matter in the nature of a report of the Committee on 

 Window Gardening appointed April 2, 1887, and a plea for the 

 continuance of its work. Mr. Faxon concluded by offering the 

 following amendments to the Constitution and Bj'-Laws : 



That Section XXI of the Constitution and B3'-Laws be amended 

 80 as to include a Committee on AVindow Gardening, and so that 

 the first clause of said section, as amended, shall read as follows : 



" These Committees shall be the Committee on Fruits, the Com- 

 mittee on Plants and Flowers, the Committee on Vegetables, the 

 Committee on Gardens, and the Committee on Window Gardening." 



And that Section XX of the Constiti^tion and By-Laws be 

 amended by adding to the Committee for Establishing Frizes the 

 Chairman of the Committee on Window Gardening, and reducing 

 the number of additional members, not Chairmen of Committees, 

 from three to two, so that the first portion of said section, as 

 amended, shall read as follows : 



" This Committee shall consist of the Chairmen of the Com- 

 mittees on Fruits, Plants and Flowers, Vegetables, Gardens, and 

 Window Gardening, and two other members, who shall be chosen 

 as provided in Section 111." 



The foregoing amendments having been read a second time 

 by the presiding officer, and being seconded by Benjamin G. 

 Smith, were unanimously passed to be entered on the records for 

 consideration at the Stated Meeting in .laiiuary next. 



TuADDEUS William Hauris, A. M., of Cambridge, and 

 William II. Hills, of Plaistow, N. H., 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee as mem- 

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



The polls were closed at thirty minutes past twelve o'clock, and 

 the Committee to receive, assort, and count the voles, after 

 {vttending to that duty, reported 



