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Pkefatory Kote 3 



Business Meeting, January 6, 1894; Address of President Kidder, pp. 5, G; 

 Appropriations for 1894, 7; Appointment of Secretary and Treasurer, 

 7; Arrangement of Meetings for Discussion, 7, 8; Awards for Reports 

 of Committees, 8; Programme of Lectures reported, 8; "Vote concern- 

 ing Committee ou Publication and Discussion, elect, 8; Report of 

 Committees on Gardens, Flowers, Plants, and Window Gardening, 

 read, 8, 9; Letter from Eliza S. Parkman read, 9; Three members pro- 

 posed, 9; Two members elected, 9; Announcement of Schedule of 

 Prizes and Meetings for Discussion, 9 



Meeting for Discussion, January 13; Fungi, by William C. Sturgis, pp. 



10-25; Discussion . 26,27 



Meeting for Discussion, January 20; Pruning, by Edwin Hoyt, pp. 28-36; 



Discussion 36-39 



Meeting for Discussion, January 27; Hardy Grapes, by Jabez Fisher, pp. 



39-47; Discussion, 47-52 



Business Meeting, February 3; Report of Committee on Portrait of Presi- 

 dent Spooner, p. 52; Report of Treasurer and Superintendent read, 53; 

 Resolution concerning Protection of Forest Reservations, 53 ; Use of 

 Hall by American Carnation Society, 53; Appointment of Committee 

 on School Gardens and Children's Herbariums, 53; Six members 

 elected, 53; two members proposed, 53 



Meeting for Discussion; Electricity and Plant Growing, by L. H. Bailey, 54-79 



Meeting fob Discussion, February 10; The Construction of Plant Houses, 



by W. A. Burnham, pp. 79-95; Discussion 95-97 



Meeting for Discussion, February 17 ; A Talk about Mushrooms, by Wil- 

 liam Falconer, pp. 98-113; Discussion, 113-118; Cooking Mushrooms, . 118-123 



Meeting for Discussion, February 24; Cinerarias and Calceolarias, by 



Kenneth Finlayson, pp. 123-131; Discussion, 4 . 131,132 



