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couldn't go two feet without finding seedlings. In the course of 

 time these seedlings get fall possession, and being sent out for new 

 plantings are called Crescents ; and it is so with the Wilsons. 



George S. Woolsey. I raised Wilsons for ten or fifteen years, 

 and they nearly all ran out. 



On a ballot for choice of varieties they were arranged in the fol- 

 lowing order : 



1st. Wilson. 



2d. Crescent. 



3d. Downer's Prolific. 



4th. Charles Downing. 



5th. Green Prolific. 



6th. Captain Jack. 



7th. Pioneer. 



8th. Hart's Seedling. 



In PFmoFiam. 



James Bowen. 



Resolutions of respect to the memory of James Bowen having 

 been introduced by A. J. Phillips and W. J. Abernethy, were, on 

 motion, incorporated as one as follows, and adopted as the sense of 

 the society, and the secretary instructed to transmit a copy to Mrs. 

 Bowen : 



Whereas, James Bowen, librarian of this society, and instructor 

 in Horticulture at the State University, has gone from our midst 

 since our last meeting, into the great change which we are accus- 

 tomed to call death, therefore 



Besolved, That we here express our sincere appreciation of his 

 worth when we say that in his loss we give up a useful and valued 

 member of the State Horticultural Society, and that in his long 

 experience in his chosen field, of horticulture and floriculture, and 

 his ability to impart instruction to others, united with his kind- 

 ness and consideration for the wants of all with whom he came in 

 contact, he was eminently fitted for the responsible station which 

 he occupied. 



Besolved, That this society extend its sympathy to the wife and 

 children of the deceased, and that as a mark of respect to them and 

 to his memory it order these resolutions placed on the records of 

 the society, and printed in its annual report. 



