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American Florists be admitted to the Exhibition of Plants and 

 Flowers in the Music Hall by their badges, which motion was 

 carried . 



Patrick Norton moved that the same invitation be extended to 

 the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents, and this 

 motion was also carried. 



Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, the President ap- 

 pointed the following Committee to nominate suitable candidates 

 for the various offices of the Society for the year 1891 : — 

 James F. C. Hyde, Chairman. 

 C. H. B. Breck, Benjamin G. Smith, 



Nathaniel T. Kidder, Patrick Norton, 



E. W. Wood, "Warren Heustis. 



William J. Stewart, Secretary of the Gardeners and Florists' 

 Club, of Boston, stated that tlie Club would give a harbor excur- 

 sion to the Society of American Florists, and invited the P^x- 

 Presidents, and the present officers and chairmen of committees of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, with ladies, to join in the 

 excursion. The invitation was accepted, and the thanks of the 

 Society were voted therefor. 



The Librarian laid before the Society ten volumes of works on 

 Forestry, presented to the Library by the author, John Croumbie 

 Brown, LL.D., of Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved that the thanks 

 of the Society be presented to him for his valuable gift. The 

 motion was unanimously carried. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September 6. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, September 6, 1890. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holdeu at 11 o'clock, 

 the President, William H. Spooner, in the chair. 



James F. C. Hyde, Chairman of the Committee on Nominations, 

 reported a printed list of candidates for Officers and Standing 

 Committees. The report was accepted, and it was voted that the 

 Committee be continued, and requested to nominate candidates in 

 place of an}- who might decline before election. 



