ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 1908. 



The Annual jNIeeting of the Massachusetts Horticuhural Society 

 for the year 1908 was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Satur- 

 day, November 14, at twelve o'clock, noon. There were thirty 

 members present. 



President Weld presided and stated that the meeting had been 

 called in accordance with the By-laws for the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business 

 as might be legally presented; and that a printed notice of the meet- 

 ing had been mailed to the address of every member of the Society 

 as it appeared upon the records of the Secretary. 



He appointed Edward B. Wilder, J. Allen Crosby, and William 

 P. Rich a committee to receive, assort, and count the ballots, and 

 to report the number. The polls were then declared open until 

 four o'clock. 



The record of the Annual JNIeeting of November 16, 1907, was 

 read by the Secretary and approved by vote of the meeting. 



The President reported that an appropriation of $5000.00 had 

 been made by the Board of Trustees for prizes and gratuities for 

 the year 1909, a reduction of $1700.00 from the amount appro- 

 priated for the present year. 



The President then called upon Mr. Wilder to act as Chairman 

 for the remainder of the meeting. 



At four o'clock the polls were declared closed and the ballot 

 committee proceeded to count the votes, Mr. Crosby reporting the 

 number as follows: Whole number of ballots cast, 38. For Presi- 

 dent, S. M. Weld, 37; for Vice-President, C. W. Parker, 38; for 

 Trustee for two years, Geo. B. Dorr, 37; for Trustees for three 

 years, W. H. Bowker, 36, Peter Fisher, 38, Thomas Roland, 36, 

 C. S. Sargent, 36; for Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture 

 for three years, Wilfrid Wheeler, 38; for Nominating Committee, 

 Geo. V. Fletcher, 36, Thos. J. Grey, 37, N. T. Kidder, 36, William 

 Sim, 37, William Thatcher, 37. 



Chairman Wilder than declared the list as follows to be the 



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