26 WOECESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1887. 



hand of Samuel M. Bnrnside" aroused himself to denounce Ex- 

 Gov. Lincoln for suffering Levi Gates, lionored of his day and 

 generation, to show what he might be presumed, by blatant igno- 

 rance, not to know about pruning an Orchard ! 



It was the felicity of Mr. Hovey, not only to conduct the pil- 

 grimage, but also to be permitted entrance upon the Promised 

 Land. Occurring but a few days prior to the meeting of the 

 American Pomological Society, his death might seem untimely, 

 if not premature. But what could his bodily presence matter, 

 when his spirit was everywhere pervasive ? To him as much as to 

 any one, had it been owing that such a Society could even be or- 

 ganized. To him, more than to any one else is it due that Massa- 

 chusetts can invite the Florists and Nomologists of America to 

 Boston or Worcester, and find no cause to blush for her proffer 

 of hospitality. If that Commonwealth was esteemed rich, when 

 she could count Wilder and Hovey among her treasures, what 

 must have been the measure of Iier opulence when their loss with 

 that of Moore, has not left her hopelessly bankrupt ! 



When your Secretary looked for the name of John Brooks 

 Moore, to register against it the date of his decease, it was not 

 to be found upon the roll of our Honorary Members. This 

 omission, for it was and could be nothing else, alike surprised 

 and grieved him ; nor less others to whom he mentioned the 

 oversight. Admission to our Honorary Membership, hitherto so 

 jealously guarded, is an honor indeed. But no man lives who 

 could challenge the title of John B. Moore to be welcomed 

 among us, — whether because of eminent distinction as an all- 

 round Horticulturist, or on the more direct behoof of bis partic- 

 ular service to ourselves. I waste none of your time, enlarging 

 upon his achievements as a Rosarian ; frequently as they were 

 made known to you through his lavish contributions at our Meet- 

 ings. At one of our last interviews he urged me to do what I 

 could to get up a special display of Roses, — and of nothing 

 besides, — as he emphasized it; pledging himself to fill our Hall, 

 if others would not, that the credit of the Society for keeping its 

 faith might be maintained. Neither shall I here, or now, dilate 

 upon his good work as a Pomologist, wherein as a viticulturist 

 especially, he conferred untold benefit upon this Commonwealth 



