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Resolved, That we deeply regret the loss of our behaved brother, 

 and that whilst we bow in submission to Him who doeth all things 

 well, we have consolation in the belief that his spirit has passed to 

 the land no mortal eye c-an see or mortal foot hath trod: where trees 

 and flowers ever bloom, never feeling the touch of decay, and where, 

 like the first garden, all is perfection. 



Fesolred. That we deeply sympathize with the near relatives and 

 friends of the departed, and that we feel that we too have met with 

 a great loss; and that our Secretary be requested to furnish a copy of 

 these resolutions to the family of the deceased. 



D. C. SCOFIELL). 



H. C. Graves, 



Cominitfee. 



Remarks of Dr. Humphrey in memory of the late Dr. Warder, 

 of Ohio, which, on motion of Mr. Scofield. were to follow the reso- 

 lutions: 



Mr. President: 



I cheerfully accept the invitation of Father Scofield to say a 

 word in memory of our late brother and co-worker in the field of 

 horticulture. I have personally known Dr. Warder for nearly two 

 decades. I knew him to be an honest man^ and a man of superior 

 literary and scientific attainments. He was also a man of great en- 

 ergy and perseverance. He spent a long and useful life in our special 

 field. As an author and live-worker in the horticultural field of 

 Ohio, he was the leading spirit and guiding genius for many years. 

 He was especially interested in the horticultural improvement of the 

 (jrreat West, and to this end he often visited many of the Western 

 States. He was so specially interested in our own State that he 

 often claimed it as his home. For a number of years he was nearly 

 always with us at our annual meetings, and freely gave us his ripe 

 experience of many years of study and observation. His words of 

 wisdom are faithfully preserved in the records of our societies. In 

 his literary labors he rose above most men of his time as a great 

 mountain rises in its majesty and overlooks the plain below. He was 

 one of the first to advocate the planting of millions of trees to cover 

 parts of the great treeless areas of the west to forests. He was for 

 many years president of a national forestry association, and visited 

 Europe to study her forestry systems, and wrote out for us his obser- 

 vations, which are published in book form. At a good old age, ripe 

 in experience and rich in wisdom, he finally sinks gently and peace- 

 fully in the sleep of death. 



President Slade and Mr. Scofield added a few words as friends of 

 the deceased, with much feeling, heartily supporting the remarks of 

 Dr. Humphrey. 



