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heartfelt sympathy goes out to him in the imfirraitics from which 

 he has so long suffered, which were never potent to interrupt the 

 disinterested devotion of a long life to the service of his fellow- 

 men, 



HON. J. J. THOMAS. 

 Union Springs, Cayuga County, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1892. 

 Secretary Lincoln — Bespected Friend: Please accept my thanks for your 

 very kind invitation to attend the anniversary next month. I regret that I 

 cannot partake of the pleasant and intellectual feast on that occasion, as long 

 continued illness, in connection with chronic lameness, has nearly confined me 

 to my room for several months past, and prevented all travelling, with no 

 probability of recovery sufficient to attend. 



Yours very sincerely, 



J. J. THOMAS. 



The Secretary. — The ranks of our Honorary Members are 

 rapidly thinning. The list of those who were enrolled, but 

 twenty years since, can now be told upon the fingers of one 

 hand. Of those who are spared, but whose presence is unfortu- 

 nately denied to us, the one more especially eminent all-round as 

 a Horticulturist, whether from length of service or pre-eminent 

 skill, is beyond question or rivalry, Thomas Meehan, of German- 

 town, Pennsylvania. His life is so occupied with busy usefulness 

 tliat he cannot even find leisure to visit us as he has long greatly 

 desired. But let him speak for himself. 



PROF. THOMAS MEEHAN. 



Germantown, Penn., Feb. 12,1892. 



Edward Winsloto Lincoln, Esq., Secretary of the Woixester HorticttUin-al So- 

 ciety ; My Dear Mr. Lincoln — I assure you that it is with sincere regret that 

 I feel I cannot accept the kind invitation to be present in your city on the 

 third of March nest. I find it next to impossible to now do many things that 

 I would like to do, and many pleasant tasks are left wholly neglected or un- 

 finished for want of time. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to be 

 with the many friends whom I now have in your city, on the occasion if it 

 were at all possible for me to be present. Very truly yours. 



THOMAS MEEHAN. 



The Secretary. — This Society has ever been chary of its hon- 

 ors, and has conferred Honorary Membership upon a very limited 

 number. Among those who have merited such distinction and 

 who have honored us by its acceptance may be named Mr. J. H. 



