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THE GARDENERS* MONTHLY 



[October, 



the names of James, Vick, Bryant, Schley, 

 Pearce, Arnold, Johnson, Hooker, Transou, 

 and Warder. In this -list, we number seven Vice- 

 Presidents, a Treasurer, Secretary, and a member 

 of our Fruit Committee. 



Thomas Potts James, the first Treasurer of 

 this Society, who held that office for twenty-seven 

 years, died at his residence in Cambridge, Mass., 

 at the ripe age of 79 years. His presence always 

 cheered our meetings, and his gratuitous services 

 and cordial cooperation in the promotion of science 

 were heartily acknowledged and appreciated. He 

 was widely knowa for his study of the vegetable 

 kingdom, especially the mosses and lichens of our 

 continent, the results of which he was preparing 

 for publication at the time of his death. He was 

 connected with many societies for the advance- 

 ment of science in our land; was Professor of 

 Botany to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ; 

 one of the Founders of the American Pomological 

 Society ; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts 

 and Sciences ; Fellow of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science ; Member and 

 Officer of the American Philosophical Society ; 

 Member of the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 and of other kindred associations. In all the rela- 

 tions of life he was conscientiously devoted to 

 whatever was committed to his care. In a word, 

 he was a true friend, an upright man, and a Chris- 

 tian gentleman. 



James Vick, a former Secretary of our Society, 

 died at his home in Rochester, New York, May 16, 

 1882, aged 64 years. No one has been more 

 familiarly known to American households as a 

 seedsman, florist, and publisher of a magazine, 

 than Mr. Vick. He was an Englishman by birth, 

 but he came in youth to this country. He soon 

 after entered the printing office of the Genesee 

 Farmer, published by Luther Tucker, and was as- 

 sociated for a time as editor and proprietor of this 

 and the Cultivator, at Albany. On the death of 

 Andrew Jackson Downing, in 1852, he became the 

 proprietor of the Horticulturist, and continued its 

 publication under the able and successful editor- 

 ship of our good friend, Patrick Barry, at Roches- 

 ter. Mr. Vick was also at one time associated 

 with the editorial department of the Rural New 

 Yorker, but he was most widely known by his ex- 

 tensive seed trade, and by his Ilhistrated Monthly, 

 circulating as it has through our broad land. No 

 similar publication has become more popular, or has 

 exerted a more powerful influence in creating and 

 extending a love of flowers and plants, and no 

 death in his line of business has been more 

 generally or deeply deplored. 



William Schley, for many years a Vice-Presi- 

 dent of this Society for the State of Georgia, died 

 at Saratoga, N. Y., August 14, 1882. He was a 

 native of Georgia, and adopted the profession of 

 lawyer, in which he gained an eminence that 

 gave him a seat on the bench. He always took 

 a lively interest in fruit culture. He was early 

 sent as a delegate to the American Pomological 

 Society, and from that time was generally present 

 at all of its meetings, except during the war, ever 

 manifesting a deep interest in its work. He was a 

 gentleman much beloved by us, and specially 



noted and admired for his eminently social quali- 

 ties, his winning grace of manner, his fine humor, 

 sprightly, sparkling wit, and ever cheerful de- 

 meanor. He could have won political honors, and 

 worn them gracefully and with distinction, had he 

 desired to do so. He was a man of noble gener- 

 osity and kind deeds, often cramping himself, by 

 aiding others, and when a friend alluded to this 

 trait he replied, " while by helping others I am 

 made poor in purse, I am rich in happiness." 



Arthur Bryant, senior; a Vice-President of 

 our Society, died at his residence, Princeton, Illi- 

 nois, last March. Mr. Bryant was an educated 

 man, in the true sense of that term, trained under 

 the tutorship of his brother, William Cullen Bry- 

 ant, with whom for a time he was associated on the 

 New York Evening' Post. He was a thorough 

 scholar, eminent for his knowledge of the Greek 

 language and of Botany, and for his love of the 

 beautiful in nature. He was especially interested 

 in the conservation of our forests, and in the 

 planting of new ones, and had for a long course 

 of years been a leading nurseryman in the West. 

 He had been President of the Illinois State Horti- 

 cultural Society, and was the senoir member of our 

 board of Vice-Presidents. He was also a frequent 

 contributor to our public journals, and author of a 

 book on " Forest Trees for Shelter, Adornment 

 and Profit." His decease is widely deplored, and 

 has been appropriately noticed by the public 

 press. In his character we recognize the enterprise 

 of one of the pioneers of American Horticulture, 

 and the virtues of an enterprising, upright man. 



Edward D. Pearce, Vice-President for the 

 State of Rhode Island, died at Providence during 

 the present year. He was a man of clear intellect, 

 sound practical sense and great force of character. 

 He was fond of the science of agriculture, and in 

 some departments of it was prominent, especially in 

 the importation of blooded cattle. In the cultiva- 

 tion of both the smaller and larger fruits, he was for 

 many years without a rival in his State. He 

 contributed largely by official services and per- 

 sonal influence to the advancement of terracultu- 

 ral interests, and was often elected to offices of 

 honor and trust in his State. Mr. Pearce possessed 

 a genial nature, and was universally beloved and 

 respected as a very useful man. 



Henry E. Hooker, an old and valuable mem- 

 ber, and for a time a member of the General Fruit 

 Committee, died at Rochester, N. Y., April 12th, 

 1883, fifty-nine years of age. He was prominently 

 engaged in the nursery business, and by his enter- 

 prise, sagacity, and integrity, became well and 

 favorably known throughout our country. He was 

 always much interested in horticultural pursuits, 

 and contributed by his labors and his pen largely 

 to their advancement. He was much interested 

 in the formation of societies for this purpose, and 

 was Vice-President of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society at the time of his death. He 

 was the introducer, or disseminator, of several new 

 and valuable fruits, among which may be named 

 the Brighton Grape, now so universally appreci- 

 ated for its excellence. He was everywhere re- 

 spected for his sincerity, always acting according 

 to his convictions of the right ; modest and unassu- 



