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April 1. INIr. Hunnewell reported for the committee on heat- 

 ing the library room that the matter had been satisfactorily arranged 

 by means of a damper in the hot-air duct and a pair of swinging 

 doors at the entrance to the room. It was voted to confirm the 

 action of this committee and to appropriate the sums of S55.00 for 

 the work on the hot-air duct and $38.00 for the swinging doors. 



A communication was received through the architects, Wheel- 

 wright & Haven, concerning the condition of the skylights of the 

 exhibition hall, and it was voted to authorize the Finance Com- 

 mittee to take such action in the matter as may be advisable. 



A communication from the President of the National Horticul- 

 tural Society of France was presented inviting the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society to be represented by one or more delegates 

 at the approaching International Horticultural Congress at Paris. 

 It was voted to appoint our Corresponding Member, jNI. Edouard 

 Andre, as delegate to represent the Society on that occasion. 



On motion of Prof. Sargent it was voted to recommend for corre- 

 sponding membership in the Society, Messieurs Maurice L. de 

 Vilmorin, Philippe L. de Vilmorin, and James Herbert Veitch. 



Arthur D. Hill reported a draft of proposed amendments to the 

 By-laws as follows : 



Section I to be amended by striking out in the third line of the 

 first paragraph the words "a Treasurer, a Secretary," so that said 

 paragraph shall read as follows : — 



The Annual Meeting of the Society for the transaction of business and 

 for the election of officers, namely, a President, two Vice Presidents, a 

 Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture, a Board of Trustees, and a 

 Nominating Committee, shall be held on the second Saturday after the 

 first Monday in November, and the officers elected shall enter upon their 

 duties on the first day of January ensuing. 



Section VI to be amended by striking out in the first line of the 

 first paragraph the words " elected annually by the Society" and 

 inserting in place thereof the words : — appointed annually by the 

 Board of Trustees for a term of one year beginning on the first day 

 of January ensuing, — so that said paragraph shall read as follows: 



The Treasurer shall be appointed annually by the Board of Trustees for 

 A term of one year beginning on the first day of Januaiy ensuing, and shall 

 have the following powers and duties : — 



