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contribute to the Chrysanthemum Show of the former Society, on 

 the 6th to the 10th of November, one hundred chrysanthemum 

 flowers in competition for a National Chrysanthemum Trophy. It 

 was voted that the letter be referred to the Committee on Flowers. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee as members of the Society, were, on ballot, 

 duly elected : 



Hon. Charles H. Allen, of Lowell. 

 Oakes Ames, 2d, of North Eastou. 



The polls were closed at ten minutes past one o'clock, and the 

 Conmiittee to receive, assort, and count the votes given and 

 report the number, reported the whole number of ballots to be one 

 hundred and thirty-six, and that the persons named in their report 

 had received a plurality. 



The report was accepted, and the above named persons were, 

 agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, declared by the pre- 

 siding officer to be elected Officers and Standing Committees for 

 the year 1895. 



Adjourned to Saturday, November 3. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, November 3, 1894. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at eleven 

 o'clock. Vice President Francis H. Appleton, in the chair. 



The Chairman, from the P^xecutive Committee, presented the 

 following report : 



At the regular meeting of the Executive Committee held on the 

 27th of October, it was voted to recommend to the Society to 

 appropriate the following sums for Prizes and Gratuities for the 

 year 1895 : 



