DECEASE OF J. J. THOMAS AND F. B. HAYES ANNOUNCED. 101 



the Society, to be erected in the garden he created, and by the 

 shores of the lake he loved so well, both now destined to become 

 a part of the Public Park system of his native city. The circular 

 was signed by Martin Brimmer, Leverett Saltonstall, Henry L. 

 Higginson, Charles S. Sargent, and Lorin F. Deland, Committee. 



O. B. Hadwen announced the decease of John J. Thomas, of 

 Union Springs, N. Y., an Honorary Member of the Society, and 

 moved the appointment of a committee to prepare a memorial of 

 him. The motion was carried and the Chair appointed as that 

 Committee, William C. Strong, O. B. Hadwen, and Robert 

 Manning. 



The President made the official announcement of the death of 

 Francis Brown Hayes, one of the largest and most constant 

 contributors to the exhibitions of the Society. On motion, the 

 Chair appointed Francis H. Appleton, Arthur H. Fewkes, and 

 William H. Spooner, a Committee to prepare a memorial of Mr. 

 Hayes. 



The following named persons having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee, for membership in the Society, were on 

 ballot duly elected : 



George Fred. Harwood, of Newton, 

 Amor L. Hollingsworth, of Milton, 

 William Bowen Murphy, of Boston. 

 The meeting was then dissolved. 



MEETING FOR LECTURE AND DISCUSSION. 



The following paper was read by the author. 



A Talk on Gardens. 

 By David Hill Coolidge, Jr., Boston. 



The origin of gardening arose from necessity, and as necessities 

 increased, desires became greater, more luxurious, and more 

 refined. Thus the Garden developed from an enclosure of a few 

 square feet, to the noble English Park, miles in circumference, its 

 boundaries lost in forest scenery, a gorgeous palace with archi- 

 tectural terraces placed in its centre, and the surrounding grounds 

 ornamented by lakes, rivers, and pleasure grounds, varied with 



