WILL OF FRANCIS B. HAYES. 139 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, May 22, 1897. 

 A Special Meeting of tlie Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 was holden at eleven o'clock today, in accordance witli the follow- 

 ing request : 



To the President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society: 



Dear Sir : We hereby request you to call a Special Meeting of 

 the Society, to be held on Saturday, the twenty-second dny of May 

 next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to determine whether the 

 Society will ratify an agreement lately made by the Finance Com- 

 mittee, subject to ratification by the Society, for the settlement of 

 the controversies respecting the validity of the will and trusts of 

 Francis B. Hayes, deceased ; and also to consider what action the 

 Society will take for the determination of questions which have 

 arisen or may arise respecting the interests of the Society under 

 said will and trusts, and the care and management of property 

 which may come to the Society thereunder. 

 BobTOX, May 17, 1897. 



(Signed) Walter Hunnewell, 



Benj, C. Clark, 

 T. O. Fuller, 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder, 

 Chas. H. Hall, 

 Chas. E. Richardson, 

 Jos. II. Woodford, 

 Geo. F. Peirce, 

 A. Shuman, 



E, J, MiTTON, 



Chas. W. Parker, 

 Robert Manning. 



In compliance with this request, agreeably to Section XII of 

 the Constitution and By-Laws the following notice was sent by 

 mail to every member of the Society : 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 



Boston, May 17, 1897. 

 Agreeably to the Constitution and By-Laws, at the request of 

 twelve members of the Societv the President herebv calls a 



