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ming in manners and gentle in disposition, he was 

 beloved by all who knew him. 



Charles Arnold died at his residence in Paris, 

 Ontario, on the 15th day of April last, aged sixty- 

 four years. Mr. Arnold was for many years a 

 Vice-President, and Chairman of the Fruit Com- 

 mittee for Canada West, of our Society. He was 

 an Englishman, and came to Canada fifty years 

 ago and here remained until his death. From a 

 very early period in his life he manifested a great 

 taste for horticultural pursuits, and for nearly 

 forty years had been actively engaged in following 

 his natural tastes. 



Although not in early life an educated man, he 

 found time during his busy life to become familiar- 

 ly acquainted with many of the best writings of our 

 time, especially those which in any way related to his 

 favorite pursuits. He was a careful observer and 

 eminently a practical man, speaking of what he knew 

 rather than of what he conjectured. He often 

 wrote clear and vigorous articles on the subject of 

 cultivation. He has been for many years con- 

 stantly engaged in the cross-fertilization of cereals 

 and vegetables, and other plants and fruits, with 

 marked success. Of the latter he produced new 

 varieties of the grape, strawberry and raspberry, 

 which are now considered very valuable. 



In vegetables, his American Wonder Pea is 

 everywhere highly esteemed, and at the time of his 

 death he was actively engaged in experiments to 

 improve the pea, potato and wheat. He was a man 

 of great enthusiasm, with good judgment, and his 

 loss is greatly to be deplored by us. 



Joseph E. Johnson, our Vice-President and 

 Chairman of the Fruit Commifee for Utah, died 

 at Tempe, Arizona, December 17, 1882, aged 

 sixty-two years. Mr. Johnson was a prominent 

 leader in the Territory of Utah in various settle- 

 ments, and did much to introduce fruits and 

 flowers in the districts where he resided. He was 

 a valuable member of our Society, being ever 

 ready to advance its interests as far as was in his 

 power. He originated many seedhng fruits, such 

 as peaches, apricots, grapes, etc., some of them 

 being of promising local value, as may be seen by 

 his reports to this Society. Mr. Johnson had 

 recently removed from St. George, Utah, to Arizo- 

 na, where he intended again to engage in garden- 

 ing and the culture of the soil. He was a very 

 enterprising and progressive man, and occupied 

 many places of honor and trust among his people. 

 He was the proprietor and editor of several 

 newspapers and periodicals in his day, among 

 which were the Utah Pomologist and Gardener, 

 and by his botanical researches, discoveries and 

 importations, he inspired a taste for the beautiful 

 in nature wherever he went. In a word, he was a 

 man of unceasing labor, constitutionally a pioneer, 

 and died working in the pioneer life. 



B. F. Transou, for the last ten years a Vice- 

 President of our Society, and at one time Chairman 

 of our Fruit Committee for Tennessee, died at his 

 residence, near Humboldt, May 27, aged sixty-three 

 years. He was born in North Carolina. In 1861, 

 he removed to Gibson County, where he made a 

 home enriched with fruits and beautified with 

 flowers. He was a pioneer in the nursery busi- 



ness. Chairman ot the West Tennessee Fruit 

 Growers' Association, a member of other associa- 

 tions, and exerted extended and progressive influ- 

 ence in pomology and rural adornment. Mr. 

 Transou was a man universally beloved in church 

 and society, of winning manners, and faithful in all 

 the relations of life. On the eventful morning 

 when he was smitten down, while laboring in his 

 rosary, God called, and he was removed to that 

 better land where the leaf shall never wither, the 

 flower never fade. 



And now, while I am thus writing, there comes 

 the sad intelligence of the decease of our beloved 

 friend and associate. Dr. John A. Warder, Vice- 

 President of our Society for the State of Ohio, who 

 died on the 14th of July, aged seventy-one years. 

 No death has occurred in this Society since that 

 of Andrew Jackson Downing, which is more deeply 

 or widely lamented. 



He was born within the limits of Philadelphia, 

 but had from very early days a love for rural life. 

 He accordingly moved to Ohio, and about thirty 

 years ago purchased a farm at North Bend, a part 

 of which was formerly President Harrison's. He 

 was a student of nature, and especially devoted to 

 scientific researches. He was a beloved physician 

 in Cincinnati until his removal to his farm, but 

 during this time he was closely interested in the 

 organization and work of various scientific and 

 educational associations. 



He was a member of the Cincinnati Astronomi- 

 cal Society ; Western Academy of Natural Science 

 and Natural History ; Ohio Wine Growers' Associ- 

 ation ; Ohio Medical College ; many years Presi- 

 dent of the Ohio Pomological Society, now the 

 Ohio State Horticultural Society ; President of the 

 American Forestry Association until its consolida- 

 tion, last year, with the American Forestry Con- 

 gress, and member of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science. He was much 

 interested in landscape gardening and the im- 

 provement of our cemeteries. He was widely 

 known as an author, editor and contributor to 

 various literary and medical publications, among 

 which we specially remember his works on "Ameri- 

 can Pomology and American Forestry." 



He was remarkably unselfish and generous, 

 devoting his whole life for the good of others ; 

 was modest and unassuming, possessing fine social 

 qualities, and his society was greatly enjoyed by 

 all who knew him. He had been recently ap- 

 pointed by the Department of Agriculture as 

 Forestry Agent, for investigating the forest re- 

 sources of our country, but was not permitted to 

 enter on the work, for the Master called him 

 home. 



Would that I could stop here, but while I am 

 closing this address there comes the sad announce- 

 ment of the death of our beloved youno- friend 

 Henry B. Ellwanger, son of our old^'and es- 

 teemed member, of Rochester, N. Y. He was only 

 thirty-three years of age, and was a member of the 

 time honored firm of Ellwanger and Barry, but 

 was widely known for his popular work on "The 

 Rose," and for his careful classification of this queen 

 of flowers, and his enterprising experiments in its 

 hybridization. In the latter Ime of his studies he 



