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Joseph H. Woodford moved that the thanks of the Society be 

 presented to all the contributors of Special Prizes at the Annual 

 Exhibition of Plants and Flowers in August, as these prizes added 

 greatly to the attractions and success of the Show, and that the 

 Secretary notify each contributor of the above vote. 



The motion was unanimously carried. 



The Secretary read a letter from William C. Barry, of Roches- 

 ter, N.Y., acknowledging the receipt of the memorial of his father, 

 the late Patrick Barry, adopted at the last meeting of the So- 

 ciety, and conveying the thanks of the family for this expression 

 of sympathy and regard. 



Also a letter from William J. Stewart, Secretary of the Society 

 of American Florists, communicating a resolution of thanks for 

 the use of the Society's halls for their late meeting, and for the 

 magnificent Exhibition of Plants and Flowers, which symbolized 

 their gatherinof as had never been done before. 



Also a letter from John Simpkins, President, and F. C. Swift, 

 Secretary, of the Barnstable Agricultural Society, thanking this 

 Society for its courtesy in offering the free use of the Library to 

 aid in preparing papers to be read at the institutes of that Society, 

 and accepting the invitation, with the appointment of Mr, Nathan 

 Edson, of Barnstable, to be the representative of that Society for 

 the purpose above mentioned. 



It was voted that these letters be placed on file. 



Patrick Norton, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, 

 moved that the thanks of the Society be presented to His Honor 

 Thomas N. Hart, Mayor of the City of Boston, and to the City 

 Government, for the interest manifested by them in this Society 

 by granting to it the use of the Common for the August Exhibi- 

 tion, and that the Secretarj- notify the Mayor and City Govern- 

 ment of the above vote. 



Also that the thanks of the Society be presented to the Press of 

 Boston for their kind and appreciative notices of the late Exhibi- 

 tion, which contributed largely to its success, and that the Secre- 

 tary communicate this vote to the various newspapers to which we 

 are indebted. 



Both these motions were unanimously carried. 



The meetina: was then dissolved. 



