52 ANNUAL REPORT 



report, in amount not to exceed 30 pages, and that we appro- 

 priate the sum of dollars to procure cuts for illustration and 



to defray other expenses attending the same. 



It is time that we publish a catalogue of the fruits grown in this 

 State. The work of compiling will be best left for a committee. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



I am not aware that death has taken from us any of our mem- 

 bers since our last meeting; brt among the illustrious dead of the 

 year, I have to record the names of two men, whose labors have 

 been largely for the benefit of farmers and horticulturists, Charles 

 Darwin and James Vick. Charles Darwin, who died at the ripe 

 age of seventy-four, was considered the greatest horticulturist of 

 the age. He was the author of many valuable works. We have 

 nothing to say of the conclusions to which he came in prosecuting 

 his investigations above all others. His "Plants and Animals 

 under Domestication, Movements of Climbing Plants, and Crops 

 and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom," endear him 

 to the progressive horticulturist. James Vick. who died at Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., May 16, was aged about 64 years. The Gardners' 

 Monthly, in announcing the event says: "James Vick is dead! 

 Sadder words than these, my pen could not utter. Wherever a 

 flower is grown in this broad land, there will be hearts touched 

 with sorrow, at this mournful news." Although English by 

 birth, he was truly an American horticulturist, and his name had 

 become a household word, through his genial quality and his de- 

 votion to horticulture in all its departments. At the time of his 

 death he was at the head of one of the largest seed establishments 

 in America, and his Floral Guide had a circulation of over 200,000 

 copies. His success has been marvelous. His labors are finished, 

 but the good he has done will endure forever 



THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The next meeting of this society will be held in Philadelphia, 

 probably in September. We ought to be represented and make a 

 show of fruits at that meeting. If it meets your approbation it 

 remains with you to designate delegates to attend. Permit me 

 before closing to just allude to the last State Fair held at Rochester. 

 The exhibition of apples was the largest ever called out in this 

 State. The Fair was a few days too early to bring about the best 

 results in winter varieties, they being unripe and not well colored 



