218 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 15, 1894. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holdeu at eleven 

 o'clock, the President, Nathanif.l T. Kidder, in the chair. 



William C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee appointed at the 

 meeting on the 3d of November, to consider and report at a 

 future meeting what changes are necessary in the Constitution 

 and By-Laws, presented a report; and J. D. W. French presented 

 a minority report. These reports were accepted, and it was voted 

 that they be laid on the table until the Stated Meeting on the first 

 Saturday in January, 1895, and that they be printed. 



William H. Spooner stated that he did not deem it necessary, 

 as a member of the Committee, to make any changes in the Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws ; but that if it was deemed necessary by a 

 majority of the Society, he approved the majority report. 



On motion of Francis H. Appleton it was voted that when this 

 meeting is adjourned, it be to eleven o'clock, on Saturday, 

 December 22, and that the Committee on the Building have power 

 to notify the Society of the meeting, if they should deem it 

 advisable. 



Benjamin G. Smith moved that a committee of two be appointed 

 to nominate delegates to the Twenty-fourth Session of the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society, to be holden at Sacramento, California, 

 January 16, 17, and 18, 1895; to report at this meeting, and that 

 the committee be alloAved to add members to the delegation. The 

 motion was carried, and the Chair appointed as that Committee 

 Mr. Smith and William C. Strong. The Committee afterwards 

 reported the names of the following members : 



President Nathaniel T. Kidder, Chairman. 

 William C Strong, Elijah H. Luke, 



C. H. B. Breck, Edward Kendall, 



Francis H. Appleton, David B. Flint, 



Benjamin G. Smith, J. W. iNIauning, 



John G. Barker, Chauncy Smith, 



Robert Manning, Leverett M. Chase, 



Varnujn P'rost, William Falconer, 



William C. Barry, Benjamin K. Bliss, 



Frank W. Andrews. 



