NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 183 



The Librarian laid before the Society a copy of " L'Horticul- 

 ture dans les Cinq Parties du Monde," a gift to the Library from 

 the author, Charles Baltet, President de la Soci(^t6 Horticole, 

 Vigneronue, et Forestit^re de I'Aube, Tro3^es, France, and moved 

 that the thanks of the Society be presented to M. Baltet for the 

 gift of this most important work, which motion was unanimously 

 carried. 



The meetino- was then dissolved. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 6, 1895. 



A duly notified stated meeting of the Society was holden at 

 ■eleven o'clock. Vice President C. H. B. Breck in the chair. 



On motion of Ex-President William C. Strong, it was voted to 

 take up the consideration of the amendments to the Constitution 

 and By-Laws, which received a majority vote at the Stated Meet- 

 ing on the 6th of April and were laid over for consideration at this 

 meeting, and they were finall}^ adopted as reported by the Com- 

 mittee. 



Adjourned to Saturday, August 3. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 3, 1895. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at eleven 

 ■o'clock, Vice President C. H. B. Breck in the chair. 



The Chair announced the following named persons as the 

 Committee to nominate candidates for Officers and Standing Com- 

 mittees for the next year, appointed by the President agreeably to 

 the Constitution and By-Laws : 



William H. Spooner, Chairman, 

 Benjamin M. Watson, Jr., Patrick Norton, 



Samuel Haktwell, Henry W. Wilson, 



Benjamin P. Ware, C. Minot Weld. 



