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PBSNsrLVAXiA IIoRTicuLTORAL SociKTY. — The Stated meeting of this association was held on the 

 cviMiin!? of the 17th April, in Concert llall, Philadelphia. R. Buist, Vice President in the Chair. 

 Tlio exhibition was remarkable for the richness, beauty, and variety of the plants and cut flowers, 

 ill the many contributions shown, and afforded much gratification to the numerous members and 

 vi.-ifors in attendance. 



Tiie following resolutions were submitted by Mr, Buist, and unanimously adoi^tcd by the 

 ^;<.iciety : 



]!c'«oh-e<t, TIi.it this Society has learned with the deepest sorrow, the death of Tli.imas Hancock, who departed this 

 lile (from an attack of pneumonia) at his residence, near Burlington, New Jersey, on the 21st ulL, in the 54th year 

 of his age. 



Hcsoli'i'J, That in acknowledging the sudden bereavement with which this Society has been visited, it also expresses 

 its keen appreciation of the severe loss the various institutions with whidi the deceased was connected in his native 

 State and elsewhere ; and to the promotion of whose aims, he ever brought a rare practical intelligence, an ardent 

 zeal, and sound judgment. 



Jic^vlced, That whilst the life of so usefVil a citizen might be flllingly presented as an example worthy of imitation 

 on the part of a large body of surviving friends, the void which his death has occasioned cainiot be more intensely 

 experienced than by the members of this Society, with whom he co-oi)erated for so long a period in the discharge of 

 official duties, (being at the time of his death a member of no less than four of its most important CommiUeea). 



JiesolceJ, That although this Society is far from sanctioning the publication of fulsome memorials of living men, 

 yet it deems a sketch of the life, character, and labors of its departed member, a proper subject for the pages of those 

 journals, to the interest of which he had so often contributed ; and trusts that the principal one in our land will favor 

 its readers with such other notice of this distinguished horticulturist as may be due to his memory. 



Itesolved, That this Society especially condoles with the immediate family of Mr. Hancock, in the sad dispensation 

 which now afflicts them, but hopes, nevertheless, that in viewing the blameless career of their honored head, they will 

 find much to comfort and solace them in their distress. 



Jiesolvetf, That copies of these resolutions, signed by the President and Secretary, be transmitted to Mrs. Hancock, 

 and to the publishers of such of the horlicultural journals of the country as are received at the rooms of the Society. 



