REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 119 



Dr. Henry P. Walcott of Cambridge was nominated for Trustee 

 by jNIr. Spooner and was elected by a unanimous vote. 



Nominations were also called for to fill the vacancy existing in 

 the Committee on Fruits. 



Warren H. Heustis of Belmont was nominated by Mr. Spooner, 

 and Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord by INlr. Farquhar. The ballot 

 resulted in the choice of Wilfrid Wheeler who was declared elected 

 chairman of the Committee on Fruits. 



A communication was read from John P. R. Sherman, Esq., 

 Executor, conveying to the Society $1000.00, being in full for the 

 legacy payable under the Will of the late John C. Chaffin of New- 

 ton. 



The conditions of the Will under which the legacy is paid are as 

 follows : 



"I give to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society one thousand dollars, 

 the income thereof to be given annually by said Society as a special prize 

 for Hardy Perpetual Roses of unusual merit, according to the impartial 

 judgment and discretion of the prize committee of said Society, but if in 

 any year the exhibit shall not be, in the opinion of the committee, of suf- 

 ficient merit to deserve the prize, the income for that year, or a portion 

 of it, may be added to the prizes of subsequent years." 



It was voted to accept the bequest of Mr. ChafEn and to refer it 

 to the Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions. 



On motion of ISIr. Craig it was voted to extend an invitation to 

 the American Rose Society to hold its annual meeting and exhibi- 

 tion in connection with the spring exhibition of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society in Alarch, 1906. 



The following named persons were elected to membership in the 

 Society : 



Clarence A. Backer of Melrose, proposed by Wm. P. Rich, 



William Whitman of Brookline, proposed by Wm. P. Rich, 



iNIrs. Charles P. Greenough of Brookline, proposed by B. Preston 



Clark, 

 jSIiss Margaret White of Cambridge, proposed by Robert T. Jack- 

 son, 

 Sabin Bolton of North Easton, proposed by Oakes Ames, 

 •George Percy Williams of ^Nledfield, proposed by INIiss Caroline L. 

 W. French. 



