rship._ All annual memberships shall begin either with the
first day of the calendar quarter following the date of joining
the association, or with the first day of the calendar quarter
preceding that date as may be arranged between the new member
and the Treasurer.

ARTICLE IV

_Amendments._ By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of members
present at any annual meeting.

ARTICLE V

Members shall be sent a notification of annual dues at the time they
are due, and if not paid within two months, they shall be sent a
_second notice_, telling them that they are not in good standing on
account of non-payment of dues, and are not entitled to receive the
annual report.

At the end of thirty days from the sending of the second notice, a
_third notice_ shall be sent notifying such members that unless dues
are paid within ten days from receipt of this notice, their names
will be dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues.

REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS

at the

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

of the

NORTHERN NUT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, INC.

September 3, 4 and 5, 1924

Held in the

MUSEUM OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS

BRONX PARK, NEW YORK CITY

EXCURSIONS

Baldwin, Long Island, Sept. 4 Stamford, Connecticut, Sept. 5

_Chairman_--PRESIDENT HARRY R. WEBER

FIRST DAY--MORNING SESSION

THE PRESIDENT: The meeting will please be in order, and we will have the
secretary read his report.

THE SECRETARY: Secretary's Report for 1924.--Fourteen years ago, on
November 17, 1910, two women and ten men, seers and prophets, met for
organization in this building at the invitation of Dr. N. L. Britton, at
that time and now, Director of the New York Botanic Gardens. We meet
here again today by reason of his unfailing kindness.

Of the twelve persons present at that first meeting, three are here
again, Dr. Britton, Dr. Morris and myself, and two are known to be dead,
Prof. Craig of Cornell University, and Mr. Henry Hales, of Ridgewood,
New Jersey.

The association has held an annual convention each year of its
existence except during the war, in 1918, when no formal meeting was
held. An annual report has been published every year, except that the
report of the proceedings of the first meeting was incorporated in the
report of the second meeting, and the ninth report, that for 1918, has
not yet been issued.

The present