THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



The following parties, their applications having been approved 

 by the Council, were elected to membership, the secretary casting 

 an affirmative ballot upon instructions by the Society: life mem- 

 ber, Mrs. D. Willis James ; annual members, Wm. Scott, J. J. 

 Higginson. 



There being no other business before the meeting, the program 

 advertised for the day was carried out. This was a lecture by 

 Mr. E. B. South wick entitled, " Insects Injurious to Vegetation, 

 and Remedies for their Destruction," illustrated with charts and 

 specimens. Mr. Southwick gave a most interesting talk. The 

 various injurious insects were described, from the egg stage to 

 the mature organism. Their methods of attack were also illus- 

 trated and the best means of fighting them shown by apparatus 

 especially designed for the purpose. Samples of many chemicals 

 used in this work of destruction were also shown. 



The meeting adjourned at five. 



George V. Nash, 



Secretary. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE 



The Council appointed a committee to take suitable action upon 

 the deaths of Dr. Frederick M. Hexamer, Mr. Charles Linnaeus 

 Allen, and Mr. Spencer Trask. This committee, consisting of 

 Mr. James Wood, chairman, Mr. F. R. Pierson, and Mr. E. S. 

 Miller, has submitted the following, which has been spread upon 

 the minutes of the Council and ordered printed in the Journal 

 of the society : 



DR. FREDERICK M. HEXAMER 



There have l)een few, if any, persons who, during the past twenty-five 

 years, have occupied so prominent a place in the horticultural world in 

 America as Dr. Hexamer. His broad intelligence and enthusiasm in 

 the cause gave him the commanding position. 



Dr. Hexamer was born in Germany and was educated at one of its 

 noted universities. When still very young, he took an active part in the 

 liberal movement in 1848, the faihire of which sent a number of very 

 able Germans to this country. Settling in New York, he became asso- 

 ciated with Dr. Reissig, who was a physician with a very large practice 

 among the German residents, and afterward Dr. Hexamer married the 

 daughter of Dr. Reissig. His heahh being poor, he sought the advan- 



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