APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1884. 



For Prizes and Gratuities : 



For Plants, . . . . . . $2,000 



For Flowers, . . . . . . 2,500 



For Fruits, 1,800 



For Vegetables, 1,100 



For Gardens, Greenhouses, etc., . . 500 



Total for Prizes and Gratuities, . . $7,900 



For the Committee of Arrangements, this sum to cover 

 all extraordinary expenses of said Committee, 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of maga- 

 zines and newspapers, binding of books, and incidental 

 expenses of said Committee, .... 400 



For the same Committee, to continue the Card Catalogue 



of Plates, 100 



For the Committee on Publication and Discussion, 



including the income of the John Lewis Russell Fund, 300 



For the same Committee, for a lecture by Dr. William 

 G. Farlow, in 1891, the payment of which had been 

 overlooked, ........ 50 



For the Committee on Window Gardening (or by 

 whatever name this Committee may be called), this 

 sum to cover all incidental expenses of said Commit- 

 tee, and to be paid through the usual channels, . 250 



For the salary of the Treasurer and Superintendent of 



the Building, 1,500 



For the salary of the Secretary and Librarian, . . 1,500 



These appropriations were unanimously voted by the Society. 



The President also reported from the Executive Committee, the 

 election of Charles E. Richardson to be Treasurer and Superin- 

 tendent of the Building ; and Robert Manning to be Secretary and 

 Librarian, for the year 1894. 



William C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee appointed 

 February 11, 1893, to consider the arrangement of the Business 

 Meetings and Meetings for Discussion so as not to interfere with 

 each other, presented the following report : 



The Committee report, recommending that during the lecture 

 season uo business shall be presented to the Society excepting on 



