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I would suggest that the society express its preference as to the disposi- 

 tion of these maps, and appoint a committee to carry out their views. I 

 shall be glad to co-operate in any way. 



Respectfully, 



N. H. WINCHELL, 



State Geologist. 



OBITUARIES, 1890 



BY J. S. HARRIS. 



OBITUARY OF PATRICK BARRY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The well known nurseryman, pomologist and author, Patrick Barry, 

 died at his home in Rochester, N. Y., on the morning of June 23d, at the 

 age of 74 years. Mr. Barry was the son of an Irish farmer, and born near 

 Belfast, Ireland, in 1816. He came to this country in 1836, and engaged 

 as a clerk in nurseries at Flushing, L. 1., where he remained about four 

 years, and where he made himself master of all the details of the business. 

 In 1840 he removed to Rochester, and in July of that year formed a part- 

 nership with George Elwanger, and they founded the Mount Hope Nurser- 

 ies, which have since acquired worldwide reputation. Mr. Barry was an 

 associate and esteemed friend of the Downings, Marshall P. Wilder, and 

 other noted fruit men who organized the American Pomological Society, 

 and to whom our country is indebted for its present standing in the hort- 

 icultural world. He was for several years editor of the Horticulturist, and 

 horticultural editor of the Genesee Farmer, and his plain and enthusiastic 

 writings influenced thousands to supply their farms With orchard and 

 garden fruits; town and suburban residents to lay out their grounds and 

 plant ornamental trees and plants; inspired the lining of streets and high- 

 ways with shade trees, and conduced to making parks attractive, and 

 ornamenting cemeteries. Many a man who read his writings received an 

 impetus that led him on to become an enthusiastic horticulturist and a 

 public spirited citizen. Mr. Barry's work, "The Fruit Garden," is one of 

 the best guides and instructors to the young fruit grower to be found in 

 horticultural literature. But perhaps the most valuable of all his works 

 was the preparation of the "Catalogue of Fruits", as published in the re- 

 ports of the American Pomological Society, of which he was first vice- 

 president. 



Mr. Barry was a man of marvelous energy and executive ability, and 

 has long been recognized as the head of New York state horticulture- 

 He was an upright, liberal and industrious man, who may well be held up 

 as a model for youth. A thousand homes are brighter, better and happier 

 for his useful life and example. 



