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them where we found them. I merely call attention to this point 

 on the botanical part of the question, as it may account for the 

 superiority of these varieties. The Blue plum of Minnesota is 

 hardy, easily propagated and valuable for many purposes. 



D. B. Wier — In Arkansas the Chickasaw ])lum grows every- 

 where luxuriantly, and bears abundantly. The fruit is utilized in 

 various ways; hogs live on them during the season of fruiting. 



Prof. Burrill — Mr. Wallace has asked me to present a tree pro- 

 tector, which he claims will ])revent all injury from rabbits and 

 mice. I would say more about it if it was not patented. You can 

 examine it at your leisure. 



Reports of Special Committees being called for, the following on 

 Obituaries was offered and unanimously accepted: 



TO THE MEMORY OF DR. JOHN A. WARDER. 

 BY TYLER MCWHORTER. 



Mr. President and Horticultural Friends: 



At this, our annual meeting, we are brought under the shadows 

 of sadness in having occasion to chronicle the death of some of our 

 most esteemed friends and prominent co-laborers in the mission of 

 horticulture. Since our last annual meeting Father Bryant, of 

 Princeton, our old friend Smiley Shephard, and Dr. -Tohn A. Warder, 

 of North liend, Ohio, have passed away. 



It is a consoling reflection that these, our departed friends, were 

 not taken away in the prime of life. They were permitted to con- 

 tinue their lives of usefulness down into the declining years of age. 

 It is assigned to me, on the present occasion, to present a notice of 

 the death of our horticultural friend. Dr. Warder. 



In presenting a few brief statistics relating to the life and labors 

 of our departed friend it is proper that I should acknowledge my in- 

 debtedness to his worthy son. Prof. Robert B. Warder, through 

 whose courtesy I have obtained a memorial pa])er published by the 

 American Journal of Forestnj. It is from this paper I have col- 

 lected some of the facts here ])resented, relating to the life and 

 labors of him for whose memory we may ever cherish the deepest 

 feelings of respect. 



Dr. .T(din A. Warder died at his residence, North Bend, Ohio, 

 on the 14th of July of the present year, in the seventy-second year 

 of his age. Dr. Warder was born near Philadeli)hia, Pa., Jan. 19th, 

 1812. He was the eldest son of Jeremiah and Ann Astor Warder. 

 His early years were spent in a suburban home called '' Woodsidf." 

 In his early years he evinced a love for the study of nature, which 



