MEMORIAL OF :M1{S. FHANCIS B. IIAYE.S. \f 



unabated energy until the day of her death, being all the time a 

 constant and valued contributor to the exhibitions of our Society. 



"We cannot, therefore, permit the great loss that has befallen us 

 to pass by without recording our appreciation of her many virtues 

 and the great satisfaction she alwa^'s experienced in contributing 

 so often to the cultivation of the social element in our Society. 

 Therefore : 



Resolved, That by the death of Mrs. Hayes our Society has 

 lost one of its most valued members, ever active in promoting the 

 advancement of horticulture by her grand exhibitions at her own 

 beautiful home in Lexington and in our halls, and by the great 

 interest she always manifested in the social enjoyments of our 

 Society. 



Resolved, That we will cherish the memory of her noble deeds, her 

 unselfish spirit, and her devotion to the interests of horticulture. 



Resolved, That we tender to her afflicted family our sincere 

 sjmipathy in this time of their great bereavement. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the records of 

 our Society, and that a cop}^ thereof be forwarded to the family 

 by our Secretary. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill, ^ 



Mrs. a. D. Wood, v Committee. 



Joseph H. Woodford, 1 



John G. Barker, Chairman of the Committee on Gardens, 

 reported the awards made by that Committee for the year 1890. 

 The report was accepted and referred to the Committee on Pul;)li- 

 cation, and it was voted that further time be granted the Garden 

 Commitee to complete their report. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 reported a recommendation that the Society make the folloAving 

 appropriations for the j-ear 1891 : 



For the Committee on AVindow Gardening, this sum to 

 cover all incidental expenses of the Committee and to 

 be paid through the regular channels, . . . 82.50 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of maga- 

 zines and newspapers, binding of books, and incidental 

 expenses of the Committee, .... ;^00 



