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coincided with him and Mr. Flint was persuaded to give up his 

 situation in a law office in New York, come to Boston, and take 

 hold of the work, and we know how well he fulfilled the anticipa- 

 tions of those who called him to it. Thus it would appear that 

 his course was marked out by other forces than his own desires. 

 His failing health prompted him to seek relief and benefit from the 

 more genial climate of Georgia, as in previous seasons of prostra- 

 tion. He started south with Mr. Hadwen, but, as it proved, he 

 was ill prepared to bear the fatigue of such a journey, and his 

 course was finished in one week after his arrival at Hillman, 

 Georgia. Mr. Ware gave his hearty approval to the resolutions 

 which so fittingly expressed the sentiments of all the members of 

 the Society. 



The memorial was unanimously adopted. 



The President gave notice that the meeting on the next Satur- 

 ■da}', April 6th, would be a regular stated meeting for business, and 

 would be held at eleven o'clock, a. m. 



The meeting was then dissolved. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



No special subject was assigned for the meeting for discussion 

 today, but it was devoted to such general subjects relating to hor- 

 ticulture as might be suggested. The President remarked that on 

 so wintry a day it would be agreeable to have a whiff of the tropics, 

 and called on the delegates to the meeting of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society at Ocala, Florida, in February, for a report of 

 their visit. 



William C. ^Strong, Vice President for Massachusetts of the Amer- 

 ican Pomological Society, said that the delegation from this State was 

 larger than that from any other Northern State. The greater part 

 of those who attended were from Florida ; probably there were a 

 hundred, mainly Northern men who had settled in Florida. All 

 that part of the State south of Jacksonville is well under Northern 

 influence, and all south of Palatka has been born within fifteen 

 years. In the northern part of the State there are old settlements, 

 built up by cotton, but south of Palatka all is new. Ocala, where 

 the meeting was held, is a typical town of the new order, a hun- 

 dred miles south of Jacksonville, and fifty miles southwest of 

 Palatka. It is in a region a little undulating, there being hills 



