DECEASE OF FRANCIS LYMAN WINSHIP. 123 



On motion, it was voted that the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to INIrs. Nelson for her interesting address. 



The Committee on Discussions announced that on the next 

 Saturday, Hon. James J. H. Gregory would read a paper on 

 " Potash ; Where Found in Nature ; its Uses in Agriculture, and 

 the Cheapest Sources of Supply." 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, February 21, 1885. 

 An adjourned meeting of the Society- was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 President Mooke in the chair. 



Charles H. B. Breck, Chairman of the Committee appointed on 

 the 3d of January' to prepare a memorial of Francis Lyman Win- 

 ship, reported the following: — 



Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from a sphere 

 of usefulness F. Lj^man Winship, a member of the Massachusetts 

 Horticulturnl Society for more than thirty years, who during that 

 time served faithfully for ten years as Recording Secretary of the 

 Society, and for five years as Chairman of the Committee of Ar- 

 rangf'ments, and whose influence added largely to the advancing of 

 the interests of the Society, and the promotion of a spirit of good- 

 will and friendship among its members, — 



Eesolved, That we who were associated with liim sincerely mourn 

 his loss, and the loss sustained b^' the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



Resolved^ That we deepl}' s^-mpathize with the famil}' of the 

 deceased in their great bereavement, and Implore for them consola- 

 tion from Him who has taken a beloved husband and father. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be placed on the records of this 

 Society, and that a copy be transmitted to the family of the 



deceased. 



Chas. H. B. Breck, ^ 



W. J. Underwood, > Committee. 



John C. Hovey, ) 



