APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890. » 



Mrs. H. L. T. Walcott, Chairman of the Committee on Window 

 Gardening, read the Annual Report of that Committee, which 

 was accepted and referred to the Committee on Publication. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 reported a recommendation that the Society make the following 

 appropriations for the year 1890 : 



For Prizes for Plants and Flowers, . . $3,000 



' " Fruits, 

 ' " Vegetables, 

 ' " Gardens, 

 Total for Prizes, 



1,700 

 1,000 

 300 

 $6,000 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of maga- 

 zines and newspapers, binding of books and incidental 

 expenses of the Committee, ..... $300 



For the Committee on Publication and Discussion, . 250 



For the Library Committee, to continue the Card Cata- 

 logue of Plates, 100 



For the Committee of Arrangements, this sum to cover 



all extraordinary expenses of said Committee, . 300 



For the compensation of the Secretary and Librarian and 



Assistant, 1,700 



For Prizes for the Promotion of Window Gardening, 150 



These appropriations were unanimously voted by the Society. 



The President also reported from the Executive Committee the 

 appointment of Robert Manning to be Secretary and Librarian, 

 and W. Wyllys Gannett to be Treasurer and Superintendent of 

 the Building for the year 1890. 



On motion of E. H. Hitchings it was voted that, agreeably to 

 the rules of the State Board of Agriculture three prizes of $10, $8, 

 and $6, be given for the best reports of awarding committees, and 

 that the Committee on Publication and Discussion be requested to 

 award these prizes. 



On motion of Benjamin G. Smith it was voted that a committee 

 of three be appointed to procure a portrait of the retiring Presi- 

 dent, Dr. Henry P. Walcott, and Mr. Smith, Francis H. Appleton 

 and Leverett M. Chase, were appointed as that Committee. 



