STATfi HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. l2'^ 



Bryant had much at lieart. hi the meetings of the Society he seems 

 to have been always quietly but efficiently active. His reports from 

 committees have about them an air of thoughtful honesty. At the 

 urgent request of members of the Horticultural Society, he pub- 

 lished in 1S71 a book with the title. " Forest Trees, for Shelter. Orna- 

 ment and Profit. A Practical Manual for their Culture and Propa- 

 gation.' It is a smallish volume of 24S pages, containing as much 

 downright ])ractical sense, and as little of the o])posite, on the desig- 

 nated sul)ject. as one not often finds in the same space. A careful 

 reading of this book l)y the farmers of the Northwest would un- 

 doubtedly result in great blessing to the country, noAv and hereafter. 

 The subject is one whose importance cannot be overstated. How to 

 extend the forest area of these prairie states is a most vital 

 question. On the way in which it shall be practically answered will 

 depend the comfort and even the civilization of the future dwellers 

 upon these plains. And here, in this book, we have the practical 

 instructions of an educated, sensible practical man. 



Honored in death and life by the State Society, and by kindred 

 associations. Mr. Bryant's death has been a])])ropriately and. we may 

 say, affectionately noticed. His memory has been honored by fitting 

 resolutions. Affectionate letters have been addressed to his bereaved 

 family by the eolaborers of years gone by. The Hon. G. W. Minier 

 says: '" Our loss seems irreparable, especially at this crisis. We are 

 organizing an effort to conserve our forests and to ])lant new ones. 

 Our eyes turned to this veteran forester for counsel. We feel like 

 Clan Alpine's men, and are ready to cry out, 



' One blast upon that bugle horn 

 Were worth a thousand men.' 



His place cannot be filled. Others may come, as wise, as earnest, as 

 devoted, but the sincerity, the tenderness, the patience were all his 

 own." 



Mr. Bryant was a thorough man. He was thorough in his 

 scholarship, notal)ly so in his knowledge of the Greek language. He 

 was thorough in his botany. ^To his mind the trees which he handled 

 had other significance than that which appeared upon his ledger. He 

 felt inii)elled to look into their structure and laws of growth. He was 

 thorough in his moral convictions and qualities. In his dealings with 

 men he was upright beyond the shade of a suspicion. He was always 

 true, always correct, always clean. 



His death was caused by gangrene, which had })roved fatal to 

 some of his ancestors. The disease first appeared in one of his feet. 

 and after about three months of gradual jjrogress it attacked the 

 vital organs, and the scene soon cl()S(>d. His death was such as l)e- 

 came him, calm and trustful. He died as he had lived, a firm believer 

 in the christian faith. 



