REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 155 



March 21. A special meeting was held to consider the pro- 

 posed change in the system of tree planting on Commonwealth 

 Avenue, Boston, between Dartmouth Street and Massachusetts 

 Avenue. 



President Weld presented a draft of a memorial to the Board of 

 Park Commissioners of the City of Boston as follows : 



"The undersigned believe that the plan of planting one row of 

 trees only in each lawn of Commonwealth Avenue, adopted by the 

 residents of the Avenue in 1880 upon the ad\dce of Frederick Law 

 Olmsted and Charles S. Sargent, is the best for insuring the per- 

 manent beauty of the Avenue and its trees. 



We therefore trust that you will not change the plan of planting, 

 in process of execution by you since 1902, between Dartmouth 

 Street and Massachusetts Avenue." 



All the members present approved the recommendations of the 

 memorial indi\'idually but thought it would exceed their authority 

 to give them the sanction of the Society. 



It was therefore voted, on motion of Mr. Hunnewell, — That 

 the members of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, present at this meeting, and such other Trustees 

 as might care to join, in their individual capacity recommend the 

 adoption of the plan of planting trees on Commonwealth Avenue 

 as outlined in the memorial. 



Mr. Farquhar called attention to the need of more large glass 

 vases for exhibition use and on his motion it was voted to appropri- 

 ate S200.00 for the additional glassware needed. 



The following named persons were elected to membership in the 

 Society: 



Frank P. Briggs of Ajer, proposed by Wm. P. Rich. 

 Wilton B. Fay of West Medford, proposed by J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar. 



April 11. President Weld referred to the great loss the Society 

 had sustained in the death of ex-President, William H. Spooner, 

 and presented the following memorial which was read by Mr. 

 Farquhar: 



