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Charles E. Richardson, Treasurer and Superintendent of the 

 Building, read his report for the year 1893, which was accepted 

 and referred to the Committee on Publication. 



J. D. AV. French offered the following resolutions, which were 

 unanimously passed : 



Resolved, That the Massachusetts Horticultural Society approve 

 House Bill (H. R. 119), —A Bill to Protect Public Forest Reser- 

 vations, — and urge the immediate passage of said Bill. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the 

 Senators and Representatives of this State, in the United States 

 Congress. 



On motion of E. W. Wood, it was voted that the Society offer 

 the use of one of its halls to the American Carnation Society at 

 its Annual Meeting, in 1895. 



On motion of Mrs. P. D. Richards, it was voted that the name 

 of the Window Gardening Committee be changed to Committee 

 on School Gardens and Children's Herbariums, and that this 

 Committee be appointed by the Chair. The Chair appointed as 

 that Committee : 



Mrs. Henrietta L. T. Wolcott, Chairman, 

 Henry L. Clapp, Mrs. P. D. Richards, 



George E. Davenport, William E. C. Rich, 

 George A. Parker, Miss Katharine W. Huston. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee, were on ballot duly elected Members of the 

 Society : 



Clarence E. Grosvenok, of Charlestowu, 



Mrs. Mary R. Keith, of Wollaston, 



John Ash, of Pomfret, Conn., 



Frank C. Bosler, of Carlisle, Penn., 



Herbert S. Carruth, of Dorchester, 



Samuel M. Boardman, of Milton. 



Philip A. Chase, of Lynn, and John C. Cobb, of Milton, were 

 proposed by Nathaniel T. Kidder, as members of the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, March 3. 



