IN MEMORIAM, JOSEPH LANCASTER BUDD. 123 



As an investigator the professor has brought renown to him- 

 self and the college. The experimental work of his department 

 foreshadowed the work of the experiment station. The station 

 was not established until 1887. As early as 1882 the professor 

 was searching eastern Europe and western Asia for hardy fruits 

 with which to enrich our western horticulture. Of the many 

 varieties imported and tested some have succeeded and are 

 widely grown ; others give promise of final successful adoption to 

 our climatic conditions, while from others, by crossing, hardy 

 varieties have been developed. 



In the line of flowers a single Russian rose imported by Pro- 

 fessor Budd has through its descendants given us a family of 

 most beautiful roses, free from the diseases and parasites to 

 which ordinary roses are subject. 



The pioneers in every great work have many difficulties to en- 

 counter. They hew the way and furnish the outlook so that 

 those that follow may know where to go and where not to go, 

 what to do and what not to do. Professor Budd at the beginning 

 of his experiments found the horticulture of the west in sore 

 straits with no outlook for the future. He gave it hope and in- 

 spiration, and the future will give ample credit. 



It was because of his worth as an investigator that Charles 

 Downing bequeathed the horticultural department of the col- 

 lege his private library, which has proved an invaluable aid in 

 horticultural research. 



As a man of affairs, in the management of his department, 

 Professor Budd had few equals. The government today is liberal 

 in its appropriations for experimental work ; the professor when 

 he entered upon his duties at the college found his horticultural 

 headquarters, to use his own words, "to consist of a small, low, 

 wet, rotten, timbered cave." He had to make brick with very 

 little straw, and it was only by wise planning, strict economy 

 and the closest business oversight that he accomplished with 

 the meagre means at his command those results which have 

 brought honor to the college and lasting fame to himself. 



The professor was always a ready and versatile writer. Dur- 

 ing the greater part of his life at the college he was horticultural 

 editor of the "Register," a service which he continued after his 

 retirement from college work. 



He was secretary of the state horticultural society from 1873 

 to 1896 with the exception of the years 1886 to 1890, editing 

 during this time twenty-one volumes of horticultural reports. 

 As a contributor his pen was ever at the service of the agricnl- 



