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property, menaces to the health of other trees of the same kind, 

 and dangerous on account of the liability of their branches to 

 fall, 



Resolved: That the Council of the Bronx Society of Arts 

 and Sciences recommends owners of property on which dead 

 trees stand, to cause their removal. 



Resolved: That the press of the Borough be requested to pub- 

 lish the foregoing preamble and resolution and to comment 

 editorially upon the subject. 



At the suggestion of Mrs. Niles, Mrs. Fiske and Mrs. Miller 

 were added to the membership committee. 



Mrs. Niles moved that a garden party be held and June 20th, 

 1914 was selected. 



JUNE 20, 1914. 

 Meeting and Garden Party of the Society. 

 The meeting was held on the lawn in front of the Lorillard 

 Mansion, Bronx Park, President MacCracken presiding, and 

 was attended by about 150 members and guests. Addresses 

 were delivered by Borough President Douglas Mathewson, 

 Park Commissioner Thomas W. Whittle, President Mac- 

 Cracken and Mrs. Fiske. Refreshments were served and 

 the mansion decorated, under the direction of the women 

 members of the Council. 



