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The veterans of horticulture in our society are sailing into the 
sunset. Few of those of the period of organization remain; but 
every one has maintained a recruiting station, keeping the ranks 
full. There is no one among them who in his good-bye to the 
‘survivors feels any jealousy of the younger element taking his 
place; but cheerfully, gladly, bids it God-speed, as he goes to his 
rest. And I may, perhaps, with propriety add here, that one of 
_ the compensations of a life devoted to horticulture is that age and 
what we call death we do not have to submit to, but merely experi- 
ence it complacently as we.do any other orderly process of nature, 
of which we are thankful that we are conscious atoms in the benefi- 
cent whole. 
And now, Mr. President, in behalf of a few friends of John S. 
Harris, I present his picture to the society, a larger one, in a frame 
by itself, to signalize a remarkable record as a member in which he 
stands alone. As one of the charter members we all know him; but 
among them his record is that of continuous membership from the 
first meeting at Rochester, on October 4th, 1866, till now, a period of 
thirty-one years without the lapse of a single year, and he is the on- 
ly member who has this record. Over my spectacles now I see him, 
on a front seat, as usual,—his perennial florid head and introspec- 
tive blue eyes, note book and pencil in hand, ready as ever to state 
his experience or to record ours,—and long may we continue to see 
- himinthat position. This is not the time to sum upthe work of 
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Mr. Harris and give him his due on the record. He will have it 
when his time comes, and we are in no hurry to be called upon to 
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rate of interest. Still I will say this of Mr. Harris: he has been 
from first to last the most industrious worker in all the fields of 
horticultural research we have had, and always in the front ranks 
as a grower and exhibitor of our products; and in the preparation 
of papers for our meetings he has been distinguished for his care- 
fulness and accuracy as well as for his industry and willingness to 
_ work. As a guide and mentor to us and to beginners who have 
heard him at meetings orread his papers, his services have been 
invaluable. Asa pioneer in new fields or new methods, others may 
have excelled him in special lines, butI think I may say this of him 
_ with unanimous acceptance, that for thorough working of the whole 
field of horticultural practice in the transactions of this society, Mr. 
_ Harris has not, and never had, a peer among us. A comfort and an 
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