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Upon recommeudatiou of the Executive Committee, 



Joseph Jefferson, of Buzzard's Bay, 

 was elected au Honorary Member of the Society, and 



Professor Byron D. Halsted, of New Brunswick, N. J. 

 was elected a Corresponding Member. 



Adjourned to Saturday, May 4. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, May 4, 1895. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at eleven 

 o'clock, the President, Nathaniel T. Kidder, in the chair. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee as members of the Society, were on ballot 

 duly elected : 



Dudley L. Pickman, of Boston, 



George H. Lyman, of Wareham, 



George P. Gardner, of Boston. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mrs. Mary H. Thomas, 

 acknowledging the receipt of the memorial of her husband, John 

 J. Thomas, adopted by the Society at its last meeting, and 

 expressing the grateful appreciation of it by the family. 



Also a letter from Professor Byron D. Halsted, acknowledging 

 the receipt of his Diploma as a Corresponding Member of the 

 Society, and thanlving the Society therefor. 



Also a letter from William J. Stewart, President of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, inviting the members of 

 this Society to attend a meeting of the club on the evening of 

 Tuesday, the 7th instant, when Mr. Henry O'Meara would read a 

 paper on "The Poetry of Flowers." 



Adjourned to Saturday, June 1. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, June 1, 1895. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at eleven 

 o'clock. Vice President Charles H. B. Breck in the chair. 



