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and works of Professor John Strong Newberry, submitted the fol- 
lowing: 
Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Newberry the Torrey Bo- 
tanical Club has lost an invaluable leader and friend. He was for 
ten years our president. Under his inspiring leadership the Club 
was greatly enlarged in numbers, in the scope of its aims, and in 
its scientific work. From his earliest days he followed assiduously 
the paths of science in many fields and in many ways; as student, 
as traveller, as explorer, as collector, as author, investigator, or- 
ganizer and teacher. He was eminent in all, but especially in his 
favorite pursuits of Geology, Palaeontology and Botany. He united 
many of the qualities of the greatest scientists; an inextinguish- 
able thirst for knowledge, an enthusiastic love of nature, indefatig- 
able industry, keen and wide observation, an exact and retentive 
memory, and a reflecting and discriminating judgment, that pon- 
dered and weighed with calm and philosophic care all questions, 
great and small, which a vast accumulation of material in a life of 
reading, study and observation, brought to the tribunal of his phil- 
osophic judgment. These great qualities enabled him to do much for 
Science, and, added to great aptness and facility in lucid exposition, 
placed him among the foremost of instructors. We owe his mem- 
Ory an endless obligation. At the meetings of the Club he con- 
tributed information on every branch of Botany, stimulating in- 
quiry, and enriching his remarks from vast stores of information, 
drawn from many fields of scientific research, and from the recol- 
lections of extensive travels, in which nothing observed seemed 
ever forgotten. 
Personally, he was the most charming of associates, tlle warm- 
est and most loyal of friends. Many a young student will miss the 
€ncouragement of his suggestions, and older ones the advantages 
of his gentle and helpful criticisms. He will be remembered as 
scholar, thinker, investigator, and educator; a most true gentleman, 
a noble intellect, a great heart overflowing with the broadest 
charity. 
_ Resolved, That the sympathies of the Club be extended to the 
widow and family of the deceased; and that a copy of these reso- 
ieg be forwarded to them, and entered upon the minutes of the 
ub. 
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Committee | N. L. Brirron. 
Dr. Rusby announced the death on December 30, of Mr. Thomas 
Hogg, long an active member of the Club, and for many years one of 
its Vice Presidents, and remarked on his life and valuable services 
to American Botany and especially to Horticulture. The President 
