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these during this year, certainly the last year of my presidency, 

 but I must have your cooperation and support to accomplish suc- 

 cessful results. 



At the conclusion of his address the President called for the 

 reports of officers and chairmen of committees which were presented 

 in the following order : 



Report of the Treasurer, Walter Hunnewell. 



Report of the Board of Trustees, by the Secretary. 



Report of the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions, James 

 Wheeler, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Plants and Flowers, William Ander- 

 son, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Fruits, Edward B. Wilder, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, John L. Smith, Chair- 

 man. 



Report of the Committee on Gardens, Richard M. Saltonstall, 

 Chairman. 



Report of the Committee on Children's Gardens, , Henry S. 

 Adams, Chairman. 



Report of the Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture, Edward 

 B. Wilder. 



Report of the Committee on Lectures and Publications, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, Chairman. 



Report of the Secretary and Librarian. 



The various reports were separately accepted with thanks and 

 referred to the Committee on Publications for record in the Trans- 

 actions of the Society. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



William P. Rich, 



Secretary. 



