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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At four o'clock the President, pro tem., declared the polls closed, 

 and the ballot committee proceeded to assort and count the votes, 

 its chairman, Mr. Wilder, reporting the result of the ballot to the 

 meeting. 



The President, pro tem., declared the following named persons 

 to be the duly elected officers of the Society for the year 1906: 



President, 

 Vice-President 



(for two years), 

 Treasurer, 

 Secretary, 

 Trustees, 



(for three years), 



Trustee, 



(for two years). 

 Nominating Committee, 



Arthur F. Estabrook. 

 Walter Hunnewell. 



Charles E. Richardson. 

 William P. Rich. 

 Oakes Ames. 

 Charles F. Curtis. 

 William H. Elliott. 

 Arthur H. Fewkes. 

 John Lawrence. 



James H. Bowditch. 

 Robert Cameron. 

 T. D. Hatfield. 

 Charles W. Parker. 

 William H. Spooner. 



He also declared that the eight proposed amendments to the 

 By-laws had all received the necessary two-thirds vote in their 

 favor and were adopted.^ 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



William P. Rich, 



Secretary. 



1 For a record of the amendments adopted see pages 116, 117, 120. 



