No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUUK. U7 



these meetings for almost 40 years, and I most heartily endorse all 

 that has been so well said by Mr. Chase. Nowhere have we had 

 such a hearty welcome; nowhere such a display of fruits and flow- 

 ers. With this meeting I sever my connection with this association 

 as its presiding oflicer, but I shall always recur with feelings of 

 pleasure to the interesting and profitable meeting we held here. 



Mr. Moon : After having heard from the veterans, probably a word 

 from one of the boys will be in order. I have attended a few meet- 

 ings and was presiding officer of this Association for five years, 

 and I always had an idea that Pittsburg was a great city for smoke 

 and hustle, and that all the good things in Horticulture were cen- 

 tered east of the Susquehanna and on the banks of the Delaware. 

 I am ready, now, to acknowledge my error and to say that I will 

 go back east from one of the finest and best meetings I ever attended, 

 and if life is spared us and we are again honored with an invita- 

 tion, we will surely accept. 



On motion, the resolutions as read were unanimously adopted. 



The following preamble and resolutions were read and adopted 

 by a rising vote: 



Whereas, It hath pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from 

 earth and from the membership of this association, Wesley Fulmer, 

 of Castle Shannon, Allegheny county, Pa.; therefore, 



Kesolved, That while we bow in submission to His Divine will, 

 yet in his death we, the members of the State Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation of Pennsylvania, feel that we have lost an esteemed friend 

 and faithful co-worker. 



Resolved, That we extend to his bereaved wife and family our 

 sincere sympathy in this their sad bereavement. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions- be forwarded by the 

 Secretary to Mrs. Fulmer, and they be spread upon the minutes of 

 this society. 



J. S. BURNS, 



J. E. HANDENSHIELD, 



H. R. LONG, 



Committee. 



Prof. Heiges: I believe that I knew Mr. Fulmer more intimately 

 than any of our eastern members. I met him frequently at Farm- 

 ers^ Institutes, and found him a man of noble character. He was 

 an experienced nurseryman, abreast of the times, familiar with the 

 newer varieties of fruits. It was through his individual efforts 

 that we met here, and I personally requested ray friends to vote in 

 favor of Pittsburg. 



