THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 29. MAV, 1901. No. 5 



Ji^ IVjeEQorian^. 



JOHN S. HARRIS, 



LA CRESCENT, MINN. 



Died March 24, 1901, aged 74 years. 



The biographical sketch of Mr. Harris which follows was pre- 

 pared some nine years since and carefully revised by him before its 

 publication in the 1892 report of this society, and as known to be ac- 

 curate it is thought best to republish it, with a few slight alterations 

 required by the changed date of publication. It was accompanied, 

 in the volume referred to, by a portrait taken evidently during the 

 prime of his life though at a date not known with exactness to the 

 writer. The portrait accompanying this obituary and appearing 

 as frontispiece of this number was made from the large photograph 

 presented to the society at the winter meeting of 1897 ^^^ i^^w hang- 

 ing in this office. It is a noble portrait of a noble man, and no pos- 

 session of the society is or can ever be more highly prized. Hang- 

 ing just over the secretary's desk, it is a constant reminder of that 

 steady adherence to unswerving duty which was one of the most 

 marked characteristics of our departed friend and ever an inspiration 

 to high and useful effort. This picture was taken in December, 

 1897. The account of the presentation of this and another in which 

 he appears also as a member of a group of "Veterans in Horticulture" 

 is published on page 28, Report of 1898, and in this connection it will 

 be found appropriate and interesting reading. 



"John S. Harris was born in Seville, Medina County, Ohio, 

 August 17, 1826. His ancestors were among the founders and de- 



