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has passed onward to those immortal uplands whose orchards fail not in 

 flotver or fruit, and whose forests wear eternal verdure — farewell and fare- 

 well ! 



At the close of the reading, the President very gracefully ac- 

 knowledged the presence on his table of three very handsome bas- 

 kets of flowers, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Basley, of Kansas City. 

 Ex-Gov. Furnas, of Nebraska — Mr. President,, that many things 

 in your address may be brought before us in a proper manner, I 

 move that six different committees of five each be appointed ; that 

 is, on (1), Fruit Packages, (2), Transportation ; (3), Nomencla- 

 ture ; (4), Forestry; (5), Exhibition at New Orleans; (6), Dr. 

 Warder. 



This was amended so that the Committee on Dr. Warder should 

 include one from each State represented. The following were ap- 

 pointed on said committee : 



Committee on Memorial. — Ex-Governor Morton, of Nebraska ; 

 Sylvester Johnson, of Indiana; N. Ohmer, of Ohio; J. H. Hale, 

 of Connecticut; Oliver Gibbs, of Minnesota; Prof. Burrill, of Il- 

 linois; George Y. Johnson, of Kansas; A. D. Webb, of Kentucky; 

 Governor Colraan, of Missouri ; George P. Peffer, of Wisconsin ; 

 George H. Wright, of Iowa; S. H. Nowlin, of Arkansas; T. V. 

 Munson, of Texas; D. S. Grimes, of Colorado; E. Ashley Smith, 

 of New York; Giles C. Burnham of Michigan. 



Mr. Ohmer, of Ohio — You who knew Dr. Warder, must have 

 known he was a gentleman of extreme modesty. I have tried to 

 get pictures of the prominent horticulturists. I never succeeded in 

 getting his till I got a wood cut since his death. I have several 

 printed from it, which I will hand around to those who desire 

 them. 



The Secretary — The eagerness with which this audience has ac- 

 cepted the kind offer of Mr. Ohmer suggests what I want to say. 

 That is in regard to securing a likeness of Dr. Warder for our re- 

 port. I have about succeeded in doing this. This will add greatly 

 to the value of our Transactions,,especially to those of us who knew 

 and esteemed the original, and what horticulturist is there that did 

 not ? 



