MEMOPJAL OF EDWIN W. BUS WELL. 151 



for the year 1898, the total being the same as the present year, 

 viz. : 



For Prizes and Gratuities : 

 For Plants 

 " Flowers 

 " Fruits. 

 " Vegetables 

 ' ' Gardens 



S2,000 



2,668 



1,732 



1,200 



500 



Total for Prizes and Gratuities for the year 1898 . $8,100 



The report was accepted, and, agreeably to the Constitutiou 

 and By-Laws, was laid over until the first Saturday in January. 



The following named persons, having been recommended by the 

 Executive Committee for membership in the Society, were on 

 ballot duly elected : 



Edward 0. Orpet, of South Lancaster, 

 Edward D. Blake, of Bpston, 

 Herbert Dumaresq, of Chestnut Hill. 



Adjourned to Saturday, December 4. 



BUSINESS MEfiLTING. 



Saturday, December 4. 1897. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden today at 

 eleven o'clock. Neither the President nor either of the Vice- 

 Presidents being present, the meeting was called to order by the 

 Secretary, and Samuel Hartwell was unanimously elected Chair- 

 man ^?'o tern. 



E. "VV. "Wood, Chairman of the Committee appointed at the 

 October meeting to prepare a memorial of Edwin W. Buswell, 

 presented the following : 



Every year tlie Society is called to record the death of members 

 who have been active in promoting its interests, and the present 

 year has proved no exception. 



Edwin AVilliam Buswell was born April '2b, 1813, and died 



