IN MEMOBIAM. 



Besolved, That the death of the Hon. John Milton Earle, our associate 

 in this Board, is an event that calls on us to pause in the hurr}' of life to 

 take notice of his valuable labors, his instructive example and his agreea- 

 ble co-operation in the trust committed to us. 



Besolved, That we concur with our fellow citizens in the expressions, in 

 public and private, in society and through the j^ress, that honor and la- 

 ment for our friend, as a man of kind feelings, refined taste, independent 

 judgment aud cultivated intellect, ever ready with the generous aid of 

 zealous and unpaid labor of his body and mind to promote good learning, 

 pure morals, personal freedom and all institutions and movements that he 

 considered adapted to make men wiser, better and happier. 



Besolved, That our duties here lead us to remember with reverence and 

 gratitude: — 



That Mr. Earle was the last of the early supporters of this Society who 

 continued his active service without abatement to this time; — 



That at a meeting of this Board a few days ago, he attended with a 

 physical effort painful to witness, but his eye was not dim, nor his natu- 

 ral force abated for the objects of his long continued care; — 



That he was the President of the Society for three years, and before 

 and after he was a member of this Board, and in addition to excellent 

 Reports, and other service, he performed his duty on the Committee of 

 Nomenclature of Fruits and Flowers with a readiness and accuracy that 

 few men in the countrj^ could equal ;^ 



And that as an introducer of new Fruits and Flowers he was distin- 

 guished, and as a cultivator he was eminently successful. 



Itesolved, That while Ave consider with sadness the loss of a guide, ex- 

 ample, and friend, whose place in our Society Ave see no one prepared to 

 fill, we Avill thankfully remember that all is not lost of his valuable labors 

 for this Society aud for the culture that he so fondly loved. The good 

 he did aa-III live after him, not only in his own City and County, but in the 

 larger circle of those who Avill be benefited by the publication of his 

 writings, AAdiich were profitable to everybody but himself. 



Besolved, That the foregoing Resolutions shall be transcribed upon the 

 Records, and that a copy of them shall be presented by the Secretary to 

 the children of Mr. Earle, Avith the assurance of our respect and our sym- 

 pathy in their sorroAV. 



Mr. John C. NcAvton, arising to move the adoption of the Resolutions, 

 bore feehng testimony to the kindly disposition of Mr. Earle and the 

 earnest fidelity with which he had discharged his duties in relation to the 

 SocietA". 



Mr. Obediah B. Iladwen, seconding the motion to adopt the Resolu- 

 tions, stated that he had been acquainted, from childhood, with Mr. 

 Earle, to Avhom he Avas indebted for Avhatever he kncAv of Horticulture. 



