ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 1916. 



The Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 for the year 19lB was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Satur- 

 day, November 18, at twelve o'clock, noon, with Vice President, 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder, in the chair. 



The Secretary announced that the meeting was called in accord- 

 ance with the requirements of the By-laws of the Society for the 

 purpose of electing a President, a Vice President, four Trustees, 

 and' a Nominating Committee for the ensuing year, and for the 

 transaction of such other business as might be legally presented. 



The President appointed E. B. Wilder, J. A. Crosby, and W. P. 

 Rich a committee to receive, assort, and count the ballots, and 

 report the number, and declared the polls open, to remain open 

 until three o'clock. 



The record of the preceding meeting of the Society was read by 

 the Secretary and duly approved. 



Vice President Kidder stated that in compliance with the provi- 

 sions of Section IX. of the By-laws the Board of Trustees had made 

 an appropriation of $6000.00, in addition to the income of the 

 special prize funds of the Society, for prizes and gratuities for the 

 year 1917 and $350.00 for prizes for children's gardens. 



Messrs. Ufford, Barber, Butler, and Farquhar made suggestions 

 for increasing the interest in these meetings as well as in the Society 

 generally which were referred to the Board of Trustees for report 

 next year. Mr. Farquhar also called attention to the proposed 

 Concours of Roses to be held in Paris in 1917 and 1918, notwith- 

 standing the conditions prevailing in France at the present time. 

 It is desired by the management of the Concours to have five 

 plants of each variety of roses to be grown there for examination 

 until the end of October, 1918. It was voted to refer the matter 

 to the Board of Trustees for such action as it may desire to take 

 with the recommendation that Mr. Farquhar be made chairman 

 of the committee. 



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