8 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



death of the youngest, a baby girl — and within five years the two 

 sons died who came with father and mother from Michigan in 

 1852. Both were grown to manhood and an honor to their parents. 



Four children are left to mourn a mother and father "gone be- 

 fore," three sons and a daughter ; also an only sister in Michigan, 



The dear "old home" will soon pass into the hands of strangers. 

 It is likely father's labor of love will pass away like a dream, for 

 fruit trees must have skilled care to live and thrive, but I doubt 

 if one as faithful in loving service in so many ways of usefulness 

 will soon be forgotten by the host of friends, some of more than 

 fifty years' association. — Hettie Lord Shoemaker, Winona, Minn. 



The above very fitting and loving tribute to the memory of Mr. 

 Lord by his daughter, Mrs. Shoemaker, does not by any means em- 

 phasize as it should the value of Mr. Lord's life to the horticul- 

 tural interests of the Northwest. Not only was he well known 

 in this section and looked upon as an expert, but he had as well 

 a national reputation in his acquaintance with the Americana plum. 

 At the time that Mr. Lord first joined this society, he was already 

 in his maturer years and came at once into prominence from his 

 long acquaintance with the growing of such fruits as could be 

 successfully cultivated in his locality. PVom that time until 

 up to the year of his death his name appears very frequently 

 in the program and upon the minutes of the society. He was a 

 regular attendant at the meetings and always occupied positions of 

 importance in its deliberations. An examination of the index of the 

 material contained in the reports of the society, to be found in this 

 oflfice, will at once show the prominence that he occupied in its 

 councils. 



Mrs. Shoemaker has referred to his connection with the Farm- 

 ers' Institutes, where he served faithfully a number of years until 

 failing health made it advisable that he should take better care of 

 himself than was possible with the itinerary life of an institute 

 worker. During this time he was occupying a position as a member 

 of the Forest Reserve Board of this state, which place he filled 

 continuously up to the time of his death. As an expert in his special 

 line of northwestern horticulture, there is no one in the state now 

 to fill his place. We miss him all along the line of horticultural 

 experimentation and in the councils of the society — to say nothing 

 of the affection which his acquaintance aroused and that continues 

 a vital thing even though he is now taken away from us. He is 

 most sincerelv mourned as counselor and friend. Secretary. 



