CONTENTS. 



Business Meeting, April 3, 1897 ; Report on Portrait of President Kidder, p. 137 ; 

 Request by Committee on Lectures and Publication, 137; Annual Report of 

 Treasurer read, 137; Decease of E. W. Lincoln, Charles Eliot, and Dr. 

 Robert Hogg announced, 137, 138; Awards to others than members, 138; 

 Seven members elected 



Business Meeting, May 22; Request and Call for Special Meeting, pp. 139, 140; 

 Committee on School Gardens, etc., 140 ; Votes concerning bequest of 

 Francis B. Hayes, 140, 141; Vote of Thanks 



Business Meeting, July 3; Resignation of Chairman of Garden Committee and 

 Election of successor, p. 142; Report on awards to others than members, 

 142; Memorial of E. W. Lincoln, 142, 143; Memorial of Charles Eliot, 143, 

 144 ; Letter concerning meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science and Vote thereon, 144, 145; Committee on Nominations, 

 145; Letters from Mrs. C. Eliot and R. M. Hogg, 145; Decease of Hon. J. S. 

 Fay and Robert Douglas announced, 145; Vote concerning payment of Gar- 

 den Committee, 145; Five members elected, 146; Election of Honorary and 

 Corresponding Members 



Business Meeting, September 4; Report of Nominating Committee, p. 146; 

 Memorial of Hon. J. S. Fay, 140, 147; Decease of S. R. Payson and E. W. 

 Buswell announced 



Business Meeting, October 2; Annual Election, pp. 147, 149; Transfer of Appro- 

 priation voted, 14S; Memorial of Robert Douglas, 148; Letter from J.S.Fay, 

 Jr., 148; Vote requiring meetings of Awarding Committees, 149; Committees 

 on Memorials to S. R. Payson and E. W. Buswell, 149; Ten members elected, 



Business Meeting, November 6; Memorial of S. R. Payson, p. 150; Appropria- 

 tions for 1S98, 150, 151; Three members elected 



Business Meeting, December 4; Memorial of E. W. Buswell, pp. 151, 152; 

 Report of Fruit Committee read, 152; Report from Committee on Establish- 

 ing Prizes, 152, 153; Thanks for ofl'er of Prizes, 153; Book from J.H. Veitch, 

 153; Six members elected 153 



Business Meeting, December 18, 1897; Vote concerning Reports of Committees, 



p. 1-54; Reports of Committees and of Secretary and Librarian presented . 154 



Report op Committee on Plants; Introduction, p. 155; Saturday Exhibitions, 

 155, 156, 157, 158; Spring Exhibition, 156; Rose and Strawberry Exhibition, 

 157; Annual Exhibition of Plants and Flowers, 157; Chrysanthemum Exhi- 

 bitiou, 157; Financial Statement, 158; Prizes and Gratuities awarded . . 159-168 



