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happiness, as he has left in his writings and teachings. Tliongh he 

 is gone, he still speaks to us in lessons of wisdom, and his works 

 will bless his countrymen while there shall be among them a lover 

 of the beautiful in nature, or a heart to advance the cause of science 

 or the happiness of mankind. 



Resolved^ That we sympathize with the relatives and friends of 

 Dr. Kirtland in this bereavement, and that as a token of our pro- 

 found respect for his memory-, these proceedings be entered on our 

 records, and a copy thereof be sent to his family. * 



Charles M. Hovey said that his acquaintance with Dr. Kirtland 

 commenced more than fort}^ years ago, and that, besides receiving 

 from him man}' communications for the ' ' Magazine of Horticulture," 

 he had kept up an interesting private correspondence with him. 

 His experiments in horticulture showed him to be far in advance of 

 the world generally. 



Francis Parkman said that he became acquainted with Dr. Kirt- 

 land when he was seventy years old, and that he then appeared in 

 the full vigor of life. He was a man of great energy and enthu- 

 siasm, 3'et these were alwaj's tempered with reason. He had a 

 robust mind in a robust bod}^ He was thorough in everything, 

 and his experiments, especially, were exact, for the}' were conducted 

 b}^ an understanding naturally strong, and improved by careful 

 training. No writer is so complete or so satisfactor}- in regard to 

 the cultivation of the magnolia ; indeed, the discover}^ of the ad- 

 vantage of grafting the glauca, and other species of smaller growth, 

 upon the more robust acuminata, is due to him. He was such a 

 man as our country needs, and one of the few whose loss in horti- 

 culture may be regarded as a national loss. 



The resolutions were unanimously passed. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, reported 

 a recommendation that the following appropriations be made for 

 the year 1878 : 



For prizes, $4,575 00 



For the Library Committee, for the purchase of 

 magazines and newspapers, binding of books 

 and incidental expenses of the Committee, 225 00 

 For the Committee on Publication and Dis- 

 cussion, 200 00 



For a portrait or bust of the President elect, 200 00 

 For a testimonial to the retiring President, . 150 00 



The above appropriations were unanimousl}- voted. 



