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ported a recommendation tliat the Society make the following 

 appropriations for the year 1897, viz. : 



For Prizes and Gratuities : 



For Plants S2,000 



" Flowers 2,600 



" Frnits 1,800 



" Vegetables 1,200 



" Gardens 500 



Total for Prizes and Gratuities for the year 1897 



5,100 



These amounts are the same as those for the year 1896, except 

 that for Vegetables, to which $50 is added. 



The Executive Committee also recommended tlie following 

 appropriations, all being the same as those for 1896 : 



For the Committee on Lectures and Publications, this sum 

 to include the income of $50 from the John Lewis 

 Russell Fund $300 



For the Committee of Arrangements, this sum to cover 



all extraordinary expenses of said Committee . . 400 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of Magazines 

 and Newspapers, Binding of Books, and Incidental Ex- 

 penses of said Committee ...... 400 



For the Committee on School Gardens and Children's Her- 

 bariums, this sura to cover all Incidental Expenses of 

 said Committee and to be paid through the usual chan- 

 nels 250 



This report was accepted, and, agreeably to the Constitution and 

 By-Laws, was laid over for final action on the first Saturday in 

 January next. 



The Executive Committee also reported a recommendation that 

 the Society request the Vegetable Committee to exercise strict care 

 in the exhibitions of Fungi, with special reference to those labelled 

 "Edible." 



This recommendation was adopted. 



William J. Stewart presented the following vote : 



Voted, That the Vegetable Committee be requested to provide 

 exhibition cards, distinctly colored (red or otherwise) and having 



