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W. H. RAGAN. 
W. H. Ragan, for many years connected with the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture, and who recently died, was one of the charter 
members of the Indiana Academy of Science. He was one of that com- 
pany, of which a number of members are here today, who were present at 
the first meeting. At that time he was a member of the faculty of 
DePauw University. He has had a deep interest in the progress of science, 
and especially in its application to horticulture, to which line of usefulness 
his life was devoted. 
We make a tribute herewith to his memory. 
The Committee: C. L. MEBES. 
A. W. BUTLER. 
G. W. BENTON. 
Adopted by the Indiana Academy of Science, in session in Indianapolis, 
Nov. 27, 1909. 
