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For Plants, $2,000 



" Flowers, 2,500 



" Fruits, 1,800 



" Vegetables, 1,150 



" Gardens, 500 



And a special appropriation for prizes for Palms, etc., 

 at the meeting of the American Carnation Society, in 

 the Hall of this Society, on the 21st and 22d of February, 



1895, of 100 



Total, $8,050 



The report was accepted, and, agreeably to the Constitution 

 and By-Laws, was laid over for final action at the Stated Meeting 

 of the Societj^ on the first Saturday' in Januarj^, 1895. 



Michael H. Norton, from the Committee on Flowers, to whom 

 was referred the invitation of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, to this Society, to compete for a National Chrysanthemum 

 Troph}^, read a report that it is inexpedient to enter into such 

 competition as a Society, either at Philadelphia, Denver, or 

 Springfield, invitations having been received since the last meet- 

 ing of this Society from the last two places. The report was 

 accepted. 



J. D. W. French offered the following vote : 



Voted, That -a committee of five be appointed to consider the 

 correct interpretation of Section VI of the Constitution and 

 By-Laws of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and that 

 said committee be authorized to take such legal advice as may be 

 expedient, and to report any irregularity in the manner of voting 

 which may have occurred at the last Annual Meeting. The 

 committee is requested to report on the whole subject at the next 

 meeting of the Society, or at a special meeting called for the 

 purpose of acting on the report. 



Mr. French spoke in favor of his motion, and it was opposed 

 by Benjamin P. Ware, William C. Strong, Theodore H. Tyndale, 

 Rev. Calvin Terry, and William H. Spooner. The motion was 

 defeated by a vote of eleven against, to five in favor. 



William C. Strong moved that a committee of five be appointed, 

 to consider and rei)ort at a future meeting, what changes are 



