REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 255 



Amounts brought forward $21,354 43 



500 00 



Benjamin B. Davis 

 Marshall P. Wilder 

 John Lewis Russell 

 Francis Brown Hayes 

 Henry A. Gane 

 John S. Farlow 

 J. D. Williams French 

 Benjamin H. Pierce 

 John C. Chaffin 



1,000 00 

 1.000 00 

 10,000 00 

 1,050 00 

 2,506 88 

 5.088 97 

 800 00 

 1,026 89 



$44,327 17 



Prizes Awarded in 1905, Payable in 1906 . 6,506 00 



Gift of Miss Caroline L. W. French for books 50 00 



Mrs. Anna C. Ames, Special Prize ... 65 00 

 Boston Co-operative Flower ilarket 



Music Hall Place. Special Prize .... 40 00 



Gardeners' & Florists' Club, Special Prize . . 10 00 



• 50,998 17 



Surplus 780,398 71 



$831,396 88 



Charles E. Richardson, 



Treasurer. 



Membership of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 December 30th, 1905. 



Life Membership per last report 674 



Added in 1905 45 



Commuted from Annual 1 



720 



Deceased 20 



700 



Annual members per last report 173 



Added in 1905 10 



Reinstated 2 



185 



Resigned 1 



Commuted to Life 1 



Dropped for nonpayment of assessment for two 



years 3 



Deceased 7 



12 



173 



Present membership 873 



