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Lectures and Publications. — J. Woodward Manning, Chair- 

 man, James H. Bowditch, John A. Pettigrew, Edward B. Wilder, 

 E. W. Wood. 



Prizes and Exhibitions. — John K. M. L. Farquhar, Chairman, 

 William N. Craig, Arthur H. Fewkes, Warren W. Rawson, William 

 H. Spooner, Wilfrid Wheeler. 



Plants and Flowers, — Arthur H. Fewkes, Chairman, Robert 

 Cameron, W^illiam N. Craig, William Nicholson, James Wheeler. 



Fruits. — Wilfrid Wheeler, Chairman, Charles F. Curtis, J. 

 Willard Hill. 



Vegetables, — Warren W. Rawson, Chairman, William H. Derby, 

 Warren H. Heustis. 



Gardens. — Oakes Ames, Chairman, George barker, William N. 

 Craig, William H. Elliot, Arthur F. Estabrook (ex officio), Arthur H. 

 Fewkes, Charles W. Parker, John A. Pettigrew, William P. Rich, 

 Henry P. Walcott. 



Children's Gardens. — Henry S. Adams, Chairman, Charles W. 

 Jenks, Harry S. Rand, William E. C. Rich, William P. Rich. 



The report of the committee on nominations was accepted and it 

 was voted that the list presented constitute the committees of the 

 Society for the year 1908. 



December 9. The following motion of Prof. Sargent, specially 

 referred to this meeting, was taken up for consideration : 



Voted, that from the beginning of 1907 the committees on prizes and 

 exhibitions, on plants and flowers, on fruits, and on vegetables, be discon- 

 tinued, and that in place of these four committees, a committee to be 

 known as the Committee on Exhibitions and Awards, to consist of five 

 membere, shall be appointed, and that the Secretary of the Society shall 

 act as the secretary of this committee. 



After some discussion of the subject it was voted, on motion 

 of Dr. Walcott, that the motion be laid on the table. 



The President called attention to the unsatisfactory condition of 

 the two large storage rooms on the second floor of the Society's 

 building and recommended some changes in the method of hand- 

 ling the exhibition glassware. 



