i was elected Seeretary of our Society at the meeting in ie 
ember, 1873, since which he has continued to discharge the duties of © 
pect icra fidelity. Few men of his age have held more 
or ne trust. He was remarkable for his actavity, i 
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y be well seal of Mr. Plage that he has been a faithital public servant. 
C ial associations, and one of the ae lucid and facile writers on 
ager al subjects in the country. He was also a trustee, at various times, of 
pe ie of state institutions, including the Illinois Industrial University; a Sen- 
ator from his district to the State Legislature during the sessions of 1869-1871, 
and the special sessions of 1872. 
“Tn fact, the sphere of his activity was so extended we cannot make a full record 
of them here. But he has left usa worthy example of what one may do for the 
advancement of the public welfare and the interests of the associations with 
which he is connected. 
‘At a time so many are seeking to perform their work, with little regard to its 
quality, Mr. Flagg’s love of thoroughness in all that he did, was such as to im- 
press itself upon all who knew him, as one of his most prominent characteristics, 
and his industry enabled him to accomplish a vast amount of work. But (in the 
words of his memorial in the Prairie Farmer, of which he was for many years the 
horticultural editor) above all he will be remembered by those who knew him in- 
timately as a man of strict honor and integrity, who loved justice for the sake of 
justice, and whom no one could swerve from what he considered the path of duty. 
. MARSHALL P. WILDER, 
President of the American Pomological Society.’’ 
Boston, April 8th, 1878. 
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[Norz.—One or two other obituary notices should appear in this volume, but 
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