REPORTS PRESENTED. 201 



the word " Poisouous" plainly printed tliereon, and that exhibitors 

 of Fnngi not known to be edible be required to use these cards in 

 labelling all such exhibits when shown in Horticultural Hall. 

 This vote was passed in the affirmative. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee for membership in the Society, were upon 

 ballot duly elected : 



Hon. Charles F. Sprague, of Brookline, 

 George E. Stone, Professor of Botany in the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst. 

 Adjourned to Saturday, December 5. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 5, 1896. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at eleven 

 o'clock, the President, Francis H. Appleton, in the chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Arrangements was 

 read by Josepii H. Woodfoi'd. Chairman, accepted, and referred 

 to the Committee on Publication. 



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

 a partial report from that Committee, being the awards of Prizes 

 and Gratuities for the year, for which, he stated, there had been 

 more competition than in most years. This report was also 

 accepted and ordered to be placed on file. 



The Annual Report of the Library Committee was read by 

 William E. Endicott, Chairman, accepted, and referred to the 

 Committee on Publication. 



William J. Stewart, Chairman of the Committee on Establishing 

 Prizes, presented the Schedule of Prizes for 1897, and explained 

 the most important changes in the Rules and Regulations, and 

 also in the offer of Prizes. This report was accepted, with the 

 provision that a vote of the Society concerning special prizes 

 offered by individuals be complied with, and that it then be 

 printed as the Schedule of Prizes for the year 1897. 



J. Woodward Manning, Chairman of the Committee on Flowers, 

 stated that the Annual Report of that Committee was ready, but 



