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Hesoh'c-ti, That a co])y of these resolutions be transmitted to the afllicted children 

 of our deceased friend. 



O. 15. GALUSHA. ) 



T. McWHORTER, \ Commitlcc. 



W. T. NELSON, ) 



RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH 01- MR. DUNLAP. 



Mr. MiNKLER, from the commitlee, reported the following : 



Whereas, It hath pleased our Heavenly Father to take from among us our asso- 

 ciate and co-worker, the Hon. M. L. Dunlap ; therefore, 



Resolved, That we deeply feel and regret our loss, and sympathize with his family 

 in their great affliction. 



Resolved, That we recognized in the deceased an able, efficient and earnest 

 co-worker in our noble art, whose works will speak in language more potent than words 

 long years after we who are here to-day shall have jiassed from earth, in commemoration 

 of his noble efforts in behalf of horticulture and home adornment. 



Resolved, That these expressions of our sympathies and regard for the deceased be 

 spread upon the minutes of this Society, a copy sent to the family, and published in our 

 annual reports. 



S. G. MINKI.KR, ^ 



D. Wn.MOT SCOTT, \ Commillee. 



A. R. WHITNEY, J 



REPORT ON THE DEATH OF WM. HILL. 



D. C. ScoFiELD, chairman of Committee on Resolutions in memory 

 of Mr. William Hill, read as follows : 



Inasmuch as it has pleased God to remove by deatli our venerable and esteemed 

 friend and co-worker in horticulture, Mr. Wm. Hill, of Dundee; therefore, 



Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved family and kindred in 

 their tiore affliction, and most heartily commend them to the consolations of Divine 

 Grace. 



Resolved, That in his death we realize that this association is bereft of an earnest 

 and valuable friend and Christian gentleman. 



Resolved, That in the recent removal by death of the three worthies, Messrs. Hill, 

 Dunlap and Hull — men whose animating zeal and wise counsels have so long enkindled 

 a flame of enthusiastic ardor in the halls of our sittings, and with whom we have held 

 sweet converse ; we are most solemnly admonished of the truth, that 7{'e too are mortal, 

 and in our turn will soon be called to "give an account of our stewardship;" that we 

 are impressed with a full sense of the Divine injunction, " Whatsoever thy hand 

 findeth to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no knowledge, nor device, nor wis- 

 dom in the grave," whither we go. 



Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be embodied in the transactions of (his 

 Society, and a copy thereof be transmitted immediately to the bereaved family. 



A letter from Prof. H. H. McAfee was presented, expressing regrets 

 that he could not attend the meeting. 



DELEGATES CHOSEN. 



Delegates were chosen as follows; To Wisconsin Horticultural 

 Society — Messrs. Whitney, Emery, L. K. Scofield, Benton, and L. 

 Woodard. 



