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tural and horticultural press of the west. In his retirement and 

 as a fit ending to his busy life as a horticultural writer, he pre- 

 pared and published in connection with Professor Hansen a 

 "Horticultural Manual," the first volume of which is devoted to 

 plant propagation and the second to systematic pomology. This 

 work alone is sufficient to give the professor a lasting place in 

 horticultural history. 



As a man Professor Budd was kind, sympathetic, honest, hon- 

 orable ; as a friend he was loyal, helpful, inspiring; as a husband 

 and father he was the personification of a high ideal. July 3^ 

 1835 — Dec. 20, 1904, lacking only a few months of three score 

 years and ten. Within the compass of this time, which measures 

 the natural span of man's earthly existence, was crowded a busy 

 and useful life which commands our respect, our highest honor 

 and our affectionate regard. 



(Prof.) E. W. Stanton, Ames. Iowa. 



The death at Phoenix, Ariz., of Professor Budd removes from 

 the stage of action one of the greatest and best masters of horti- 

 culture, one of international reputation, and one who has carved 

 a lofty and permanent place in the history of horticulture. 



Professor Budd was truly a Columbus on the unchartered 

 sea of western horticulture. His crew rebellious at times, he 

 steadfastly pursued his course undisturbed by popular clamor, 

 at peace in the serene consciousness that he was right. As a 

 result he discovered rock-bound continents of truth upon which 

 are now building temples defying the tooth of time. Some of 

 these innovations in horticultural practice jarred at first upon 

 the cas^-hardened sensibilities of commercial interests, but they 

 have now become generally accepted by all true lovers of the 

 gentle art and science of horticulture. He made application to 

 horticultural practice of the great law laid down by DeCandolle 

 that species of plants have not advanced one hundred miles north 

 of their natural limits in historic times, although seeds have been 

 carried northward by birds and other means ; that it takes a pe- 

 riod of 4,000 or 5,000 years or changements of form to modify 

 the constitution of a plant so that it will support a greater de- 

 gree of cold. 



This principle is capable of wide application. Nurserymen 

 have learned to be careful as to the source of their tree seeds. 

 Raisers of apple seedlings begin to realize the futility of the 

 attempt to adapt to the rigorous climate of the prairie northwest 

 a race of apples dating back less than three centuries to the mild 

 climate of England and France. Hence, from the stormy plains 

 of Russia Professor Budd was a chief factor of introducing a race 

 of the apple inured through countless centuries to a greater de- 

 gree of cold, and the blood of this race, bred on the stormy 

 steppes, is now giving rise to a new race of seedlings which has 

 the greatest essential of all for the far north — perfect hardiness of 

 plant. 



