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Butterfield's request and to state that the Board of Trustees does 

 not feel authorized to make an appropriation for the purpose stated. 

 The special committee on nominations for the standing com- 

 mittees of the Society for the ensuing year reported through its 

 chairman, Mr. Elhott, the following list which was adopted : 



St.ajstding Com^iittees for the Year 1909. 



Finance: — Walter Hunnewell, Chairman, A. F. Estabrook, S. M. 



Weld. 

 Library: — C. S. Sargent, Chairman, Geo. B. Dorr, S. Henshaw, 



C. S. Minot, H. P. Walcott. 



Lectures and Publications: — W. J. Stewart, Chairman, J. A. 

 Pettigrew, W. P. Rich, INIiss M. L. Ware, Prof. F. A. 

 Waugh. 



Prizes and Exhibitions: — J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Chairman, Robert 

 Cameron, W. N. Craig, Edw. MacMulkin, C. S. Sar- 

 gent, William Sim. 



Plants and Flowers: — T. D. Hatfield, Chairman, J. F. M. Far- 

 quhar, D. Finlayson, Peter Fisher, Thomas Roland. 



Fruits:— Wilfrid Wheeler, Chairman, H. F. Hall, E. B. Wilder. 



Vegetables: — J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., Chairman, J. W. Duncan, Geo. 



D. Moore. 



Gardens: — C. W. Parker, Chairman, W. H. Bowker, A. H. Fewkes, 



T. J. Grey, T. D. Hatfield, J. Heurlin, W. P. Rich, J. 



B. Shurtleff, Jr., S. M. Weld, T. H. Westwood, Wilfrid 



Wheeler. 

 Children's Gardens: — Mrs. R. G. Shaw, Chairman, Mrs. E. M. 



Gill, INIrs. K. P. Peabody, ^Irs. D. L. Pickman, Miss 



INI. A. Rand, Mrs. J. E. Thayer. 



The nominating committee recommended the appointment of a 

 Press Committee whose duty shall be to furnish information to the 

 representatives of the newspapers concerning the public exliibi- 

 tions of the Society. 



It was voted that the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions be 

 authorized to appoint a suitable person to attend to this matter 

 with compensation for his ser\'ices. 



