232 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIKTY. 



President for five years, a member of the Fruit Committee twenty- 

 four years, and Cliairman of the Committee of Arrangements 

 ten years, — the Society has lost a member who has faithfully 

 and diligently fulfilled the duties required of him in the several 

 positions he held, with honor to liimself and for the best interests 

 of the Societ}^ 



Resolved, That the members of the Societ}' deeply deplore the 

 death of this noble, generous, and kind-hearted man. 



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

 Society, and a copv transmitted to the family of the deceased, 

 with the assurance of the heartfelt sympathy of the members of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Societ}'. 



Charles H. B. Bkeck, i 



"NY. C. Strong, > Committee. 



Marshall P. Wilder, ) 



Mr. Breck added that it was his good fortune to be acquainted 

 with Mr. Hovey more than fortv years, and their relations were 

 alwa3's the pleasantest. Mr. Hovey was an honorable and upright 

 man, and a gentleman in every sense of the word. 



Mr. Strong said that he joined very heartily in tlie resolutions. 

 His acquaintance with Mr. Hovey was not as long as Mr. Breck's ; 

 l)ut he was associated with him on the Fruit Committee, where he 

 always found him careful and conscientious. The Society never 

 had a member more faithful to it in all relations. 



President Moore said there were only two members of the 

 Society' living who joined earlier than '^^Ir. Hove^^ It was his 

 good fortune to make his acquaintance many years ago ; and he 

 was associated with him on the Fruit Committee, and he bore 

 witness to the accuracy of Mr. Hovey's judgment. The annual 

 exhibitions while Mr. Hovey was Chairman of the Committee of 

 Arrangements were among the most prosperous held by the 

 Society. He was an upright and honest man, and one of the 

 most efficient members of the Society. 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted by a rising vote. 



The Amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws, proposed at 

 the meeting on the 4th of April, and then ordered to be entered 

 on the records, came up for final action, the vote being first taken 

 on the part relating to the Executive Committee, which was unani- 



