. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1904. The American Florist. 735 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The annual meeting of the Massachu- setts Horticultural society was held Saturday, November 19, and the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year were elected: Arthur F. Estabrook, Boston, president; Robert , Cambridge, vice-president for two years; Charles E. Richardson, Brookline, treasurer, re- elected; William P. Rich, Chelsea, secre- tary, re-elected; Arthur D. Hill, Boston, trustee for two years; George F. Fabyan, Brookline, Warren


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1904. The American Florist. 735 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The annual meeting of the Massachu- setts Horticultural society was held Saturday, November 19, and the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year were elected: Arthur F. Estabrook, Boston, president; Robert , Cambridge, vice-president for two years; Charles E. Richardson, Brookline, treasurer, re- elected; William P. Rich, Chelsea, secre- tary, re-elected; Arthur D. Hill, Boston, trustee for two years; George F. Fabyan, Brookline, Warren Fenno, Revere, J. Woodward Manning, Reading, and John A. Pettigrew, Jamaica Plain, trustees for three years; Obadiah B. Hadwen, Worces- ter, Henry S Hunnewell, Wellesley, John Lawrence, Groton, Henry P. Walcott, Cambridge, and James Wheeler, Brook- line, for the nominating committee. President Estabrook has been a member of the society for a number of years and has served on the board of trustees. He has been a frequent exhibitor at the vari- ous exhibitions where he has won many prizes, his specialty being principally greenhouse plants. His extensive g.'een- houses are located at Swampscott, where he makes his summer home. Mr. Jack- son, the newly-elected vice-president, is a professor of palaeontology at Harvard University, and is greatly interested in practical horticulture. Mr. Jackson's specialty has been hardy plants and peonies and he is about to publish an article on "Peony Culture" and another on "John Richardson and his ; At this meeting the annual appropriation, for prizes and gratuities for the coming year were made, amounting to $6,506. An amendment to the by-laws was adopted, providing that it shall not now be necessary to make two nominations for each office, as has been the rule in the past. The society also recommended that the treasurer and secretary be elected by the board of trustees. This will have to go before the legislature fo


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