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Prizes. Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws tliis recom- 

 mendation was laid over until the stated meeting in January. 



On motion of Robert Manning it was voted that agreeably to the 

 rules of the State Board of Agriculture, three prizes of SIO, $8, 

 and $6, be offered for the best reports of awarding committees. 



Leander Beal, of Boston, 



having been recommended by the Executive Committee as a 

 member of the Society, was, upon ballot, duly elected. 



Adjourned to Saturday, December 3. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 3, 1887. 



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

 the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers 

 was read by Joseph H. Woodford, Chairman, accepted, and referred 

 to the Committee on Publication. 



The Annual Report of the Committee on Fruits was read by 

 E. W. Wood, Chairman, accepted, and referred to the Committee 

 on Publication. 



The Annual Report of the Committee on Vegetables was read 

 by Charles N. Brackett, Chairman, accepted, and referred to the 

 Committee on Publication. 



The Report of the Special Committee on Window Gardening 

 was read by M. B. Faxon, Secretary, accepted and referred to the 

 Committee on Publication. 



The President, in behalf of the Executive Committee, submitted 

 the Schedule of Prizes for the year 1888, as prepared by the Com- 

 mittee for Establishing Prizes ; which was referred back for a 

 conference between the two Committees in regard to certain points. 



On motion of William H. Spooner, it was voted that in com- 

 pliance with the laws of the Commonwealth a prize of $10 be 

 offered for the best plantation of trees for ship timber, and that 

 this offer be printed in the Schedule of Prizes for 1888. 



